Genotoxicity evaluation of hospital wastewaters

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1925-1932

  Gupta, Preeti ^a   Mathur, N ^a   Bhatnagar, P ^a   Nagar, P ^a   Srivastava, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Ames test; Effluents; Genotoxicity; Hospital wastewater; Mutagenicity tests; Regression model; Wastewater treatment plants

Indexed keywords

CANCER; EFFLUENT; GENOTOXICITY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GENOTOXICITY; HOSPITAL WASTE; INDIA; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; TOXIN ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HOSPITALS; INDIA; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; DELHI; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70049083969     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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