Assessment of environmental stress by the micronucleus test and the Comet assay on the genome of teleost populations from two natural environments

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 168-174

  Russo, Consiglia ^a   Rocco, Lucia ^a   Morescalchi, Maria Alessandra ^a   Stingo, Vincenzo ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Environmental stress; Micronucleus test

Indexed keywords

DNA; MUTAGENIC AGENT; WATER;

BIOASSAY; GENOME; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RIVER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ERYTHROCYTE; GENOME; GENOTOXICITY; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER; SAMPLE; SPECIES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; TELEOST; WATER POLLUTION;

CAMPANIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NAPOLI; SARNO RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0842264806     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-6513(03)00027-7     Document Type: Article

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