Assessment of dna damage in blood cells of spams aurata l. exposed to benzo[A]pyrene using three distinct genotoxicity assays

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 461-467

  Neuparth, Teresa ^a   Costa, Filipe O ^a   Theodorakis, Christopher W ^b   Costa, Maria H ^a   Bickham, John W ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzo a pyrene; Biomarkers; Genotoxicity; Sparus aurata

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BLOOD; DNA; ELECTROKINESIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GEL; GENOTOXICITY; PERCIFORM; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PYRENE; TOXICITY TEST;

SPARUS AURATA;

EID: 66149164420     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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