Primary DNA damage but not mutagenicity correlates with ciprofloxacin concentrations in german hospital wastewaters

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-119

  Hartmann, A ^a   Golet, E M ^b   Gartiser, S ^c   Alder, A C ^d   Koller, T ^a   Widmer, R M ^a  

^a Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c Hydrotox GmbH   (Germany)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; MUTAGENIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AMES TEST; ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL WASTE; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CIPROFLOXACIN; CRICETINAE; DNA DAMAGE; GERMANY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL WASTE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032934926     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900449     Document Type: Article

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