Assessment of the genotoxicity of endosulfan in earthworm and white clover plants using the comet assay

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 742-746

  Liu, Wei ^a   Zhu, Lu Sheng ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Wang, Jin Hua ^a   Xie, Hui ^a   Song, Yan ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOSULFAN;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOASSAY; BIOMONITORING; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; EARTHWORM; ENDOSULFAN; GENOTOXICITY; HERB; HYDROPONICS; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL POLLUTION;

AGROECOSYSTEM; ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; EARTHWORM; EISENIA FOETIDA; GENOTOXICITY; HYDROPONICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE CLOVER;

ANIMALS; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; ENDOSULFAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSECTICIDES; MUTAGENS; OLIGOCHAETA; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRIFOLIUM;

EISENIA FETIDA; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 64549098122     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-009-9309-8     Document Type: Article

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