Impact of low doses of tritium on the marine mussel, Mytilus edulis: Genotoxic effects and tissue-specific bioconcentration

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 586, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-57

  Jha, Awadhesh N ^a   Dogra, Yuktee ^a   Turner, Andrew ^a   Millward, Geoffrey E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Marine mussels; Micronucleus assay; Tissue bioconcentration; Tritiated water (HTO)

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; MESYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; RADIOISOTOPE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TRITIUM; TRITIUM OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIVALVE; BLOOD CELL; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EXPOSURE; EXTRACTION; FECES; FOOT; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC DAMAGE; GENOTOXICITY; GILL; INTESTINE; LIFE CYCLE; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MUSCLE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; ORGAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVITY; TIME; TISSUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; COMET ASSAY; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRITIUM;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 23644431745     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2005.05.008     Document Type: Article

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