Mutagenicity (micronucleus test in Vicia faba root tips), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metal content of sediments collected in Tiber river and its tributaries within the urban area of Rome

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 420, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 77-84

  Minissi, Sandra ^a   Caccese, Daniela ^a   Passafiume, Fabio ^a   Grella, Angiolina ^a   Ciccotti, Eleonora ^a   Rizzoni, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heavy metal; Micronucleus; Natural matrix; PAH; Vicia faba

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; MUTAGENIC AGENT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICRONUCLEUS; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; URBAN AREA; VICIA FABA; WATER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FABACEAE; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LEAD; LINEAR MODELS; METALS, HEAVY; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; NICKEL; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROME; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC;

VICIA FABA;

EID: 0032420736     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(98)00142-9     Document Type: Article

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