Cytotoxic and genotoxic potential of surface water from the Pitimbu river, northeastern/RN Brazil

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 435-441

  Monte Egito, Lucila Carmem ^a   das Graças Medeiros, Maria ^a   de Medeiros, Silvia Regina Batistuzzo ^a   Agnez Lima, Lucymara Fassarella ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Cytotoxicity; Genotoxicity; Micronucleus; Surface water

Indexed keywords

RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CYTOTOXICITY; FLOCCULATION; GENOTOXICITY; MICRONUCLEUS; MITOSIS INDEX; NONHUMAN; ONION; PH; PLANT ROOT; RIVER; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 34547505074     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572007000300023     Document Type: Article

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