In vitro micronuclei tests to evaluate the genotoxicity of surface water under the influence of tanneries

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 761-766

  Lemos, A O ^a   Oliveira, N C D ^a   Lemos, C T ^a  

^a Fundacao Estadual de Protecao Ambiental Henrique Luis Roessler   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aquatic genotoxicity; CBMN assay; Chromium; Human lymphocytes; Micronuclei; Tanneries; V79 cells

Indexed keywords

MUTAGENIC AGENT; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CELL ASSAY; CELL STRAIN; CELL STRAIN V79; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEATHER INDUSTRY; LYMPHOCYTE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MUTAGENICITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; STREAM (RIVER); WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENS; RIVERS; TANNING; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79955481009     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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