Comparison of DNA damage detected by plant comet assay in roadside and non-roadside environments

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 541, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 31-44

  Sriussadaporn, Chutchalida ^a   Yamamoto, Kazuo ^a   Fukushi, Kensuke ^a   Simazaki, Dai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomonitor; Comet assay; DNA damage; Plant; Urban air pollution

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; COMET ASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENVIRONMENT; EPIPREMNUM AUREUM; EXPERIMENT; GENETIC DAMAGE; GINKGO BILOBA; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRESS; UNIVERSITY; URBAN AREA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; VINCA;

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; EPIPREMNUM; EPIPREMNUM PINNATUM; GINKGO BILOBA; VINCA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GINKGO BILOBA; VINCA;

EID: 0642367544     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(03)00177-3     Document Type: Article

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