Bioreactivity of leachate from municipal solid waste landfills - assessment of toxicity

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 384, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 171-181

  Koshy, Lata ^a   Paris, Emma ^b   Ling, Sarah ^b   Jones, Tim ^b   BéruBé, Kelly ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health effects; In vitro assays; Landfill leachate; Municipal waste; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND FILL; SOLID WASTES; TOXICITY;

IN VITRO ASSAYS; LANDFILL LEACHATE; MUNICIPAL WASTE;

HEALTH HAZARDS;

DICHLOROFLUORESCEIN; PLASMID DNA;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HEALTH IMPACT; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESIDENT POPULATION; TOXICITY TEST; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FLUORESCENCE; LANDFILL; LEACHING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CITIES; DNA DAMAGE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WALES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548046946     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.06.017     Document Type: Article

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