Biomarkers of genotoxicity and other end-points in an integrated approach to environmental risk assessment

Mutagenesis

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 165-168

  Borras M ^a   Nadal, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; METAL;

AIR POLLUTION; AMPHIBIA; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CALCULATION; CELL COUNT; COMET ASSAY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DATA ANALYSIS; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDIDYMIS; GAS ANALYSIS; GENOTOXICITY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LARVA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA;

EID: 2942613672     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/geh023     Document Type: Article

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