Multibiomarker approach in fish to assess the impact of pollution in a large Brazilian river, Paraiba do Sul

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 974-979

  Linde Arias, Ana Rosa ^a   Inácio, Alan F ^a   Novo, Leonardo A ^a   de Alburquerque, Carla ^a   Moreira, Josino C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Aquatic pollution; Bile metabolites; Biomarker; Fish; Metallothionein

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOMARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; HYDROCARBONS; MEATS; METABOLITES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RIVERS; WATER TREATMENT;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; AQUATIC POLLUTION; BILE METABOLITES; BRAZILIAN RIVERS; CONTAMINANT EXPOSURES; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; DIVERSE LOCATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; INTEGRATED STRATEGIES; METALLOTHIONEIN; METROPOLITAN AREAS; TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER BODIES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; METALLOTHIONEIN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOMARKER; CONDITION FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FISH; METABOLITE; METALLOTHIONEIN; METROPOLITAN AREA; PAH; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RIVER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; RIVER; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BILE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAZIL; CICHLIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIVER; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUSCLES; PESTICIDES; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

BRAZIL; RIO PARAIBA DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 55849106342     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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