Genotoxicity of surface water treated with different disinfectants using in situ plant tests

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 353-359

  Monarca, Silvano ^a   Rizzoni, M ^b   Gustavino, B ^b   Zani, C ^c   Alberti, A ^c   Feretti, D ^c   Zerbini, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Allium cepa test; Clastogenicity aneugenicity; Genotoxicity; Tradescantia micronuclei test; Vicia faba test; Water disinfection

Indexed keywords

ANEUGEN; CHLORINE DIOXIDE; CLASTOGEN; DISINFECTANT AGENT; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; LAKE WATER; PERACETIC ACID; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; DISINFECTION; GENOTOXICITY; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NONHUMAN; ONION; PHYTOTOXICITY; VICIA FABA; WATER TREATMENT;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DISINFECTANTS; FRESH WATER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; ONIONS; OXIDES; PERACETIC ACID; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; TRADESCANTIA; VICIA FABA; WATER PURIFICATION;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM CEPA; MIMOSA; TRADESCANTIA; VICIA; VICIA FABA;

EID: 0037636345     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.10161     Document Type: Article

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