Urban air pollution induces micronuclei in peripheral erythrocytes of mice in vivo

Environmental Research

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 191-196

  Soares, S R C ^a   Bueno Guimaraes H M ^a   Ferreira, C M ^a   Rivero, D H R F ^a   De Castro, I ^a   Garcia, M L B ^a   Saldiva, P H N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Mice; Micronuclei test; Mutagenesis; Peripheral erythrocytes

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRITE; SULFITE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; MUTAGENICITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AGING; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; ERYTHROCYTE; EXHAUST GAS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MICRONUCLEUS; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; RURAL AREA; TIME; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037834680     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-9351(02)00061-0     Document Type: Article

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