Genotoxicity assay of landfill leachates

Environmental Toxicology and Water Quality

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-131

  Beg, M U ^a   Al Muzaini, Saleh ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Genotoxicity; Landfill leachates; Mutagenicity; Mutatox assay

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; MUTAGENIC AGENT; PROMUTAGEN;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; DUMPING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENOTOXICITY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; KUWAIT; LANDFILL; LEACHING; MUTAGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031981849     PISSN: 10534725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2256(1998)13:2<127::AID-TOX3>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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