Potential of the Trad-MCN assay applied with inflorescences of Tradescantia pallida 'Purpurea' for evaluating air contamination by naphthalene

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 717-721

  Alves, Edenise Segala ^a   de Souza, Silvia Ribeiro ^a   Pedroso, Andrea Nunes Vaz ^a   Domingos, Marisa ^a  

^a Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais do Estado de São Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clastogenicity; Herbarium; Naphthalene; Trad MCN; Tradescantia pallida 'Purpurea'

Indexed keywords

NAPHTHALENE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOASSAY; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYTOGENETICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENOTOXICITY; HERBARIUM; INSECTICIDE; MONOCOTYLEDON; NAPHTHALENE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFLORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRADESCANTIA; TRADESCANTIA PALLIDA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENS; NAPHTHALENES; SEASONS; TRADESCANTIA;

TRADESCANTIA PALLIDA;

EID: 53049110011     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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