Effects of chronic exposure to coal in wild rodents (Ctenomys torquatus) evaluated by multiple methods and tissues

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 470, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-51

  Da Silva, Juliana ^a   De Freitas, Thales R O ^a   Heuser, Vanina ^a   Marinho, Jorge R ^a   Bittencourt, Fernanda ^a   Cerski, Carlos Tadeu S ^b   Kliemann, Lucia M ^b   Erdtmann, Bernardo ^a  

^a Univ Fed Do R   (Brazil)

^b Porto RS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

COAL; HEAVY METAL; HYDROCARBON; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENOTOXICITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMALS, WILD; COAL; HUMAN; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MINING; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; RODENTIA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0034633904     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(00)00094-2     Document Type: Article

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