Biomonitoring hospital effluents by the Allium cepa L. test

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 590-592

  Bagatini, M D ^a   Vasconcelos, T G ^a   Laughinghouse IV, H D ^b   Martins, A F ^a   Tedesco, S B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Cell cycle; Genotoxicity; Hospital effluent; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; CELL CYCLE; GENOTOXICITY; HOSPITAL EFFLUENT; TOXICOLOGY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HOSPITALS; TOXICITY;

EFFLUENTS;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAZIL; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOSPITALS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; ONIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; WATER PURIFICATION;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 62949194983     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-009-9666-z     Document Type: Article

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