Evaluation of genotoxic and non-genotoxic effects of organic air pollution using in vitro bioassays

Environment International

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 859-866

  Skarek M ^a   Janosek J ^a   Cupr P ^a   Kohoutek, J ^a   Novotna Rychetska A ^b   Holoubek, I ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Health Institute in Usti Nad Labem   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Bioassay; Dioxin toxicity; Genotoxicity; PAHs

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEALTH RISKS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TOXICITY;

BACTERIAL GENOTOXICITY; GENOTOXINS; ORGANIC EXTRACTS; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICLES (TSP);

AIR POLLUTION;

ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; DIOXIN; FLUORANTHENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH RISK; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATOMA CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RATTUS;

EID: 34547957986     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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