Cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of untreated hospital effluents

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 637-643

  Ortolan, Maria Da Graça Silva ^a   Ayub, Marco Antônio Záchia ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Genotoxicity; Untreated hospital effluents; Water sources contamination

Indexed keywords

EID: 35549004517     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132007000400009     Document Type: Article

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