Assessment of metal uptake and genetic damage in small mammals inhabiting a fly ash basin

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 279-284

  Peles, J D ^a,b   Barrett, G W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DNA; METAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; EFFLUENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLY ASH; GENETIC DAMAGE; KIDNEY HOMOGENATE; LIVER HOMOGENATE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPLEEN; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; COAL; DNA DAMAGE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FRESH WATER; HAZARDOUS WASTE; KIDNEY; LIVER; METALS; SIGMODONTINAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030760935     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900476     Document Type: Article

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