Use of the comet test and micronucleus assay on human white blood cells for in vitro assessment of genotoxicity induced by different drinking water disinfection protocols

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 116-125

  Maffei, Francesca ^a   Buschini, Annamaria ^b   Rossi, Carlo ^b   Poli, Paola ^b   Forti, Giorgio Cantelli ^a   Hrelia, Patrizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clastogenicity aneugenicity; Disinfection by products; DNA damage; Water

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE DIOXIDE; DRINKING WATER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; PERACETIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; COMET ASSAY; CYTOTOXICITY; DISINFECTION; DNA DAMAGE; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; ITALY; LEUKOCYTE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; QUALITY CONTROL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMET ASSAY; DISINFECTANTS; DNA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; OXIDES; PERACETIC ACID; SEASONS; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 24944554644     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.20139     Document Type: Article

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