Preliminary evaluation of cytotoxicity and genotoxicity, of water from the Tapanhon river basin (SP - Brazil) through Allium test (Allium cepa);Avaliação preliminar da citotoxicidade e genotoxicidade, da água da bacia do rio Tapanhon (SP- Brasil) através do teste Allium (Allium cepa)

Revista Brasileira de Toxicologia

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 65-72

  Amaral, Alexandre De Morais ^a   Barbério, Agnes ^a   Voltolini, Júlio Cesar ^a   Barros, Layra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAUBATÉ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Allium test; Chromosome aberrations; Citotoxicity; Genotoxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955888014     PISSN: 14152983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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