Mutagenic effects of mercury pollution as revealed by micronucleus test on three Amazonian fish species

Environmental Research

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 287-292

  Porto, Jorge I R ^a   Araujo, Cleusa S O ^b   Feldberg, Eliana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NILTON LINS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon basin; Bioaccumulation; Characins; Mercury; Micronucleus

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; GENOTOXICITY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUTAGENICITY; RIVER POLLUTION; TESTING METHOD;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FISH; GENOTOXICITY; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FISHES; FRESH WATER; MERCURY; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMAZON BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CHARACIDAE; HOPLIAS MALABARICUS; MYLOSSOMA; PROCHILODUS NIGRICANS;

EID: 10344253876     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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