Genotoxicity and mutagenicity of water samples from the Monjolinho River (Brazil) after receiving untreated effluents

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 826-833

  Bianchi, Jaqueline ^a   Espindola, Evaldo Luiz Gaeta ^b   Marin Morales, Maria Aparecida ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Aquatic toxicology; Chromosome aberration; Cytotoxicity; Micronucleus

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LEAD; NICKEL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; GENOTOXICITY; HEAVY METAL; INHIBITION; MUTAGENICITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RIVER WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; VEGETABLE; WATER QUALITY;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CYTOTOXICITY; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GENOTOXICITY; MITOSIS INDEX; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; ONION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

BRAZIL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; METALS; MUTAGENS; NITROGEN; ONIONS; PHOSPHATES; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

BRAZIL; MONJOLINHO RIVER; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 79955522083     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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