Detection of micronuclei in peripheral erythrocytes of Cyprinus carpio exposed to metallic mercury

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 293-297

  Nepomuceno, Júlio César ^a   Ferrari, Íris ^b   Spanó, Mário Antônio ^a   Centeno, Alberto José ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fish (Cyprinus carpio); Metallic mercury; Micronuclear test

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ERYTHROCYTE; GENOTOXICITY; MERCURIALISM; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; ERYTHROCYTES; MERCURY; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 0030779802     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2280(1997)30:3<293::AID-EM7>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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