Monitoring the genotoxicity of Lake Taihu, using two kinds of micronucleus tests

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 279-283

  Kong, Z M ^a   Zang, Y ^a   Wu, Q L ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGEN; LAKE WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; GENOTOXICITY; LAKE WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LAKE; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MUTAGENICITY; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PUBLIC HEALTH; VICIA FABA; WATER POLLUTION;

CHINA, JIANGSU PROVINCE, LAKE TAIHU;

VICIA FABA;

EID: 0031864445     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(97)00111-5     Document Type: Article

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