Tradescantia micronucleus and Vicia chromosome anatelophase assays in monitoring of genotoxicity of urban soil

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 141, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 181-187

  Mišík, Miroslav ^a   Mičieta, Karol ^a  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Bratislava; Chromosome aberration; DMSO; Micronucleus; Soil; Tradescantia assay; Vicia assay

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; CHROMOSOMES; MONITORING; POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

DISTILLED WATER;

SOILS;

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; PLANT TOXIN; WATER;

BIOASSAY; GENOTOXICITY; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANAPHASE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTRACT; GENOTOXICITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SLOVAKIA; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; TELOPHASE; TRADESCANTIA; URBAN AREA;

SLOVAKIA;

TRADESCANTIA; VICIA;

EID: 0036875050     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021327021840     Document Type: Review

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