Assessment of mutagenicity and toxicity of different-size fractions of air particulates from La Plata, Argentina, and Leipzig, Germany

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 219-231

  Massolo, L ^a   Muller A ^b   Tueros, M ^a   Rehwagen, M ^b   Franck, U ^b   Ronco, A ^a   Herbarth, O ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airborne particles; Ames test TA 98; Cytotoxicity; PAHs, mutagenicity; Size fractions; Tetrahymena pyriformis

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CELLS; FLUORESCENCE; HEALTH RISKS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MUTAGENESIS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

HIGH-VOLUME SAMPLERS;

TOXICITY;

BENZO[A]PYRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMES TEST; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL RESPIRATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DIODE; DUST; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GERMANY; GROWTH RATE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUMMER; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TOXICITY TESTING; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CITIES; DNA DAMAGE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GERMANY; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEASONS; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TOXICITY TESTS;

SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 0036061624     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.10054     Document Type: Article

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