Mutagenicity assessment in a river basin influenced by agricultural, urban and industrial sources

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2058-2065

  Lemos, Andréia Torres ^a   Rosa, Danielle Pereira ^a   Rocha, Jocelita Aparecida Vaz ^a   Vargas, Vera Maria Ferrão ^a  

^a Fundacao Estadual de Protecao Ambiental Henrique Luis Roessler   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genotoxicity; Mutagenicity; Organic extracts; Salmonella microsome assay; Water pollution; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOASSAY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MUTAGENICITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RIVER BASIN; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; AMES TEST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MUTAGEN TESTING; MUTAGENICITY; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROSOMES; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; RIVERS; SALMONELLA; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 70350064085     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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