Assessment of cyto- and genotoxic effects of a variety of chemicals using Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Acta Hydrochimica et Hydrobiologica

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 56-63

  Schmitt, Marcel ^a   Gellert, Georg ^b   Ludwig, Jost ^a   Lichtenberg Fraté, Hella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Außenstelle Bonn ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic toxicity; Genotoxicity; Risk assessment; Short term in vitro test; Yeast

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EUKARYOTE; GENOTOXICITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 20444505258     PISSN: 03234320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aheh.200300554     Document Type: Article

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