Frogs, sentinels of DNA damage induced by pollution in Naples and the neighbouring Provinces

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1525-1529

  Maselli, Valeria ^b   Polese, Gianluca ^a   Rippa, Daniela ^a   Ligrone, Roberto ^b   Kumar Rastogi, Rakesh ^a   Fulgione, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Frog; Genotoxicity; Naples; Waste

Indexed keywords

DNA; PESTICIDE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

BIOINDICATOR; DNA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ELECTROKINESIS; FROG; GENOTOXICITY; MUTAGENICITY; MUTATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERYTHROCYTE; FARMING SYSTEM; FROG; GENE MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; ITALY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CITIES; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ERYTHROCYTES; GEOGRAPHY; ITALY; PESTICIDES; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; NAPLES; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA];

ANURA; RANA ESCULENTA;

EID: 77956997063     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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