Genotoxicity screening of wastewaters from Agbara Industrial Estate, Nigeria evaluated with the allium test

Pollution Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 227-234

  Babatunde, B B ^a   Bakare, Adekunle A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; CYTOLOGY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENOTOXICITY; GROWTH CURVE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; WASTEWATER;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 33749619111     PISSN: 02578050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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