Genotoxicity in wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) along a pollution gradient: Exposure-, age-, and gender-related effects

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2154-2162

  Scheirs, Jan ^a   De Coen, An ^a   Covaci, Adrian ^a   Beernaert, Joke ^a   Kayawe, Valentine Mubiana ^a   Caturla, Mercè ^a   De Wolf, Hans ^a   Baert, Philippe ^b   Van Oostveldt, Patrick ^b   Verhagen, Ron ^a   Blust, Ronny ^a   De Coen, Wim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Apodemus sylvaticus; Comet assay; DNA damage; Heavy metals; Organochlorine compounds

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DNA; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEAVY METALS; POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

BIODIVERSITY;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; ZINC;

CADMIUM; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; GENOTOXICITY; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC DAMAGE; GENOTOXICITY; HEAVY METAL POISONING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELTER;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; COMET ASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MURINAE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; SEX FACTORS;

ANTWERP [BELGIUM]; BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS;

EID: 33751049377     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-419R.1     Document Type: Article

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