Potential genotoxic effects of melted snow from an urban area revealed by the Allium cepa test

Chemosphere

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1344-1347

  Blagojević, Jelena ^a   Stamenković, Gorana ^a   Vujošević, Mladen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Allium cepa anaphase telophase test; Genotoxicity; Melted snow; Urban pollution

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION;

ALLIUM CEPA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS; GENOTOXIC EFFECTS; GENOTOXICITIES; POLLUTION INTENSITY; STANDARD ANALYSIS; URBAN AIR POLLUTION; URBAN POLLUTIONS;

SNOW;

MUTAGENIC AGENT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GENOTOXICITY; SNOWMELT; TESTING METHOD; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTOXICITY; MELTING POINT; NONHUMAN; ONION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SAMPLING; SNOW COVER; TOXICITY TESTING; URBAN AREA;

BELGRADE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SERBIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALLIUM CEPA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; ONIONS; PLANT ROOTS; SNOW; SULFUR DIOXIDE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 68649126245     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.06.037     Document Type: Article

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