Association between micronuclei frequency in pollen mother cells of Tradescantia and mortality due to cancer and cardiovascular diseases: A preliminary study in Sao José dos Campos, Brazil

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1767-1770

  Mariani, Rauda Lúcia ^a   Martins Jorge, Maria Paulete ^b   Pereira, Sergio Silva ^b   Melione, Luiz Paulo ^b   Carvalho Oliveira, Regiani ^c   Ma, Te Hsiu ^d   Nascimento Saldiva, Paulo Hilário ^c  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Bioindicator; Cancer; Cardiorespiratory diseases; Trad MCN bioassay

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIO-MONITORING; BIOINDICATOR; CANCER; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIORESPIRATORY DISEASES; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE; ECOLOGICAL STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; MORTALITY RATES; POLLEN MOTHER CELLS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCES; TRAD-MCN BIOASSAY;

AIR QUALITY; BIOASSAY; HEALTH RISKS; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; PULMONARY DISEASES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOASSAY; BIOMONITORING; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISORDER; HEALTH RISK; INTERPOLATION; MONOCOTYLEDON; MORTALITY; POLLEN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BRAZIL; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICRONUCLEUS; NEOPLASM; POLLEN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TRADESCANTIA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; NEOPLASMS; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TRADESCANTIA; URBAN POPULATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

BRAZIL; SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

TRADESCANTIA;

EID: 64149102340     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.02.023     Document Type: Article

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