A preliminary Ames fluctuation assay assessment of the genotoxicity of drinking water that has been solar disinfected in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 712-719

  Ubomba Jaswa, Eunice ^a   Fernández Ibáñez, Pilar ^b   McGuigan, Kevin G ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b PLATAFORMA SOLAR DE ALMERÍA CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ames fluctuation assay; Mutagenicity genotoxicity; PET bottles; SODIS; Solar water disinfection

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

BIOASSAY; DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; GENOTOXICITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; PHOTODEGRADATION; SAMPLING; SOLAR RADIATION;

AMES TEST; ARTICLE; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; GENOTOXICITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STORAGE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; WATER SAMPLING;

DISINFECTION; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; PLASTICIZERS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 78650848972     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2010.136     Document Type: Article

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