Glutathione S-transferase activity in mussels, Mytilus edulis, exposed to discharges from an aluminum smelter

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 147-154

  Gowland, B T G ^a,b   McIntosh, A D ^a   Davies, I M ^a   Moffat, C F ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LYSOSOME; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; SMELTER;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEMOCYTES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALLURGY; NEUTRAL RED; SCOTLAND;

ANIMALIA; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0036664234     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-002-0021-x     Document Type: Article

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