Mutagenic potential evaluation of the water of a river that receives tannery effluent using the Allium cepa test system

Cytologia

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 399-408

  Matsumoto, Silvia Tamie ^a,b   Marin Morales, Maria Aparecida ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Chromium; Clastogenicity; Mutagenicity

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 15244361365     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.69.399     Document Type: Article

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