Genotoxicity evaluation of domestic sewage in a municipal wastewater treatment plant

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 334-338

  Grisolia, Cesar Koppe ^a   de Oliveira, Adriano Barros Barata ^a   Bonfim, Helder ^a   Klautau Guimarães, Maria de Nazaré ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Biomonitoring; Domestic sewage; Fish; Micronuclei; Mutagenicity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTOXICITY; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; ONION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT CELL; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM CEPA; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA RENDALLI;

EID: 30644465736     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572005000200026     Document Type: Article

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