Genotoxicity biomonitoring in coal regions using wild rodent Ctenomys torquatus by Comet assay and micronucleus test

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 270-278

  Da Silva, Juliana ^a   De Freitas, Thales R O ^a   Heuser, Vanina ^a   Marinho, Jorge R ^a   Erdtmann, Bernardo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coal; Comet assay; Ctenomys torquatus; Environmental monitoring; Genotoxicity; Micronucleus assay

Indexed keywords

COAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; COAL MINING; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; GENOTOXICITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; COAL; COMET ASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENS; RODENTIA; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; BUTIA; CTENOMYS TORQUATUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033917106     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2280(2000)35:4<270::AID-EM2>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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