Tissue-specific incorporation and genotoxicity of different forms of tritium in the marine mussel, Mytilus edulis

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 274-280

  Jaeschke, Benedict C ^a,b   Millward, Geoffrey E ^a   Moody, A John ^a   Jha, Awadhesh N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bio accumulation; DNA; Genotoxicity; Tritiated glycine; Tritiated water

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL FORMS; DEPURATION; DIGESTIVE GLANDS; DNA EXTRACTS; DOSE RATE; GENOTOXICITIES; INITIAL ACTIVITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE MUSSELS; MYTILUS EDULIS; TRITIATED GLYCINE; TRITIATED WATER; TRITIUM ACTIVITY;

AMINO ACIDS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; DNA; ECOSYSTEMS; HISTOLOGY; SEAWATER; TISSUE;

TRITIUM;

DNA; GLYCINE; SEA WATER; TRITIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; DNA; GENOTOXICITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MOLLUSC; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD CELL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EXOCRINE GLAND; FOOT; GENOTOXICITY; GILL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; MICRONUCLEUS; MUSCLE TISSUE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MYTILUS EDULIS; TRITIUM;

MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 78349274536     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.08.033     Document Type: Article

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