Assessment of the effect of nanomaterials on sediment-dwelling invertebrate Chironomus tentans larvae

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 416-423

  Oberholster, P J ^a,b   Musee, N ^a   Botha, A M ^c   Chelule, P K ^d   Focke, W W ^b   Ashton, P J ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bioassays; Chironomus tentans; DNA damage; Ecotoxicology; Nanomaterials

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ALUMINA; ANTIMONY PENTOXIDE; CATALASE; DNA; FERRIC OXIDE; GAMMA ALUMINA; NANOMATERIAL; PEROXIDASE; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOASSAY; DNA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOTOXICITY; INHIBITION;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; CHIRONOMUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ECOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOTOXICITY; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DNA DAMAGE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LARVA; MUTAGENS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PEROXIDASE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHIRONOMUS TENTANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79951944154     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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