The Salmonella mutagenicity of urban airborne particulate matter (PM 2.5) from eight sites of the Emilia-Romagna regional monitoring network (Italy)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 324, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 79-90

  Cassoni, Francesca ^a   Bocchi, Clara ^a   Martino, Anna ^b   Pinto, Giancarlo ^a   Fontana, Federica ^a   Buschini, Annamaria ^b  

^a Sezione Provinciale di Parma   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emilia Romagna; Mutagenicity; Particulate matter; PM2.5; Regional network; Urban air

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; BIOASSAY; HEALTH CARE; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

ECODIESEL; METABOLIC ACTIVATION;

MUTAGENESIS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; MUTAGENIC AGENT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; MUTAGENICITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FRACTIONATION; GENOTOXICITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALMONELLA; SEASON; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CITIES; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; PARTICLE SIZE; SALMONELLA; SEASONS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EMILIA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 1842736273     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2003.10.030     Document Type: Article

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