DNA damage in earthworms from highly contaminated soils: Assessing resistance to arsenic toxicity by use of the Comet assay

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 696, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-100

  Button, Mark ^a,b,c   Jenkin, Gawen R T ^b   Bowman, Karen J ^c   Harrington, Chris F ^b   Brewer, Tim S ^b   Jones, George D D ^c   Watts, Michael J ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Comet assay; DNA damage; Earthworm

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DNA;

ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRODRILUS RUBIDUS; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; EARTHWORM; GENOTOXICITY; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; MESOCOSM; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MINING; OLIGOCHAETA; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

DENDRODRILUS RUBIDUS; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 77249112146     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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