Bioaccumulation and biological effects in the earthworm Eisenia fetida exposed to natural and depleted uranium

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 509-516

  Giovanetti, Anna ^a   Fesenko, Sergey ^b   Cozzella, Maria L ^a   Asencio, Lisbet D ^c   Sansone, Umberto ^b  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^c Centro de Estudios Ambientales   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Biological effects; Depleted uranium; Earthworms; Eisenia fetida; Natural uranium

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; COMET ASSAYS; CYTOTOXIC; DEPLETED URANIUM; EARTHWORM EISENIA FETIDA; EISENIA FETIDA; GENETIC EFFECTS; HISTOLOGICAL CHANGES; LYSOSOMAL MEMBRANES; NATURAL URANIUM; NEUTRAL RED; NON-LINEAR; RETENTION TIME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; URANIUM;

TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS;

URANIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYTOGENETICS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EARTHWORM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MORTALITY; RETENTION; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOTOXICITY; EARTHWORM; GENOTOXICITY; HISTOLOGY; LYSOSOME MEMBRANE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOIL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; COMET ASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LYSOSOMES; OLIGOCHAETA; URANIUM;

ANIMALIA; EISENIA FETIDA;

EID: 77951948592     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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