Use of the land snail Helix aspersa sentinel organism for monitoring ecotoxicologic effects of urban pollution: An integrated approach

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-69

  Regoli, Francesco ^a   Gorbi, Stefania ^a   Fattorini, Daniele ^a   Tedesco, Sara ^a   Notti, Alessandra ^a   Machella, Nicola ^a   Bocchetti, Raffaella ^a   Benedetti, Maura ^a   Piva, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollutants; Bioindicators; Biomarkers; DNA integrity; Lysosomes; Metallothioneins; Oxidative stress; Peroxisomes; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

7 ETHOXYCOUMARIN DEETHYLASE; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CATALASE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DNA; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; METALLOTHIONEIN; NICKEL; OXYGEN RADICAL; PEROXY RADICAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DETOXIFICATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HELIX ASPERSA; ITALY; LYSOSOME; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; SNAIL; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION STUDY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; CITIES; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HELIX (SNAILS); HYDROXYL RADICAL; ITALY; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; PEROXIDES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; HELIX ASPERSA; LEPTOSPIRA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 30344483225     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8397     Document Type: Article

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