DNA damage in earthworms (Eisenia spp.) as an indicator of environmental stress in the industrial zone of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-55

  Espinosa Reyes, Guillermo ^a   Ilizaliturri, Cesar A ^a   González Mille, Donaji J ^a   Costilla, Rogelio ^a   Díaz Barriga, Fernando ^a   Cuevas, María Del Carmen ^b   Martínez, Miguel Ángel ^c   Mejía Saavedra, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^b Universidad Veracuzana Coatzacoalcos   (Mexico)

^c Instituto Nacional de Ecologia   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coatzacoalcos; Coelomocytes; Comet assay; Earthworms; POPs

Indexed keywords

COELOMOCYTES; COMET ASSAYS; CONTAMINATED SITES; DECOMPOSERS; DETRITIVORES; DNA DAMAGES; EISENIA; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX; INDUSTRIAL ZONES; ME-XICO; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLLUTED SITES; SOIL SAMPLE; VERACRUZ;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; EARTHWORM; EISENIA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; COMET ASSAY; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MEXICO; OLIGOCHAETA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 77649319783     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520903388731     Document Type: Conference Paper

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