Use of comet and micronucleus assays to measure genotoxicity in meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) living in golf course ecosystems exposed to pesticides

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 323-335

  Knopper, Loren D ^a,b   Mineau, Pierre ^b   Mcnamee, James P ^c   Lean, David R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlorothalonil; Genotoxicity; Golf course; Pesticides; Voles

Indexed keywords

CHLOROTHALONIL; FUNGICIDE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE;

BIOMONITORING; GOLF COURSE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY BURDEN; CANADA; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; ECOSYSTEM; ERYTHROCYTE; GENOTOXICITY; GRASS; HALF LIFE TIME; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIL; VEGETATION; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BODY BURDEN; BONE AND BONES; CADMIUM; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; GOLF; HAIR; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; KIDNEY; LEAD; LIVER; MERCURY; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUSCLES; PESTICIDE RESIDUES;

CANADA; GATINEAU; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; OTTAWA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 17744397381     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-004-6369-4     Document Type: Article

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