The Salmonella mutagenicity of industrial, surface and ground water samples of Aligarh region of India

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 541, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 21-29

  Siddiqui, Athar Habib ^a   Ahmad, Masood ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ames fluctuation test; Ames plate incorporation test; Bioassay; Genotoxicity; Water

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER; WATER; FRESH WATER; MUTAGENIC AGENT;

AMES TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTOXICITY; INDIA; INDUSTRY; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER; WATER SAMPLING; DRUG EFFECT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MUTAGEN TESTING; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRA; SALMONELLA;

FRESH WATER; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; RIVERS; SALMONELLA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 1642374925     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(03)00176-1     Document Type: Article

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