Genotoxicity assessment in aquatic environment impacted by the presence of heavy metals

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 320-325

  Barbosa, J S ^a   Cabral, T M ^a   Ferreira, D N ^b   Agnez Lima, L F ^a   Batistuzzo de Medeiros, S R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b Centro Federal de Educacao Tecnologica do Rio Grande do Norte   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allium cepa test; Chromosome aberration; Clastogenicity; Comet assay; DNA damage; Double strand breaks; Genotoxicity; Heavy metals; Micronuclei; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

CHROMOSOME; DNA; GENOTOXICITY; HEAVY METAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ERYTHROCYTE; GENOTOXICITY; LAKE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MITOSIS INDEX; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FRESH WATER; METALS, HEAVY; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MITOSIS; MITOTIC INDEX; MUTAGENS; ONIONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

BRAZIL; EXTREMOZ LAKE; RIO GRANDE DO NORTE;

ALLIUM CEPA; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PISCES;

EID: 77649179516     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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