Genotoxic assessment on river water using different biological systems

Chemosphere

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-53

  Nunes, Emilene Arusievicz ^a,b   De Lemos, Clarice Torres ^a   Gavronski, Léia ^b   Moreira, Tiago Nunes ^a   Oliveira, Nânci C D ^a,b   da Silva, Juliana ^b  

^a Cytogenetics Laboratory   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Environmental biomonitoring; Mutagenesis; V79 cells; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CYTOTOXICITY; MUTAGENESIS; RIVERS; SEWAGE; TESTING; TOXICITY; URBAN GROWTH; WATER POLLUTION;

ALLIUM CEPA; ENVIRONMENTAL BIOMONITORING; INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES; METALLURGY INDUSTRY; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MUTAGENIC EFFECT; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; V79-CELLS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

INDUSTRIAL TOXIC SUBSTANCE; ONION EXTRACT; PETROCHEMICAL AGENT; RIVER WATER; WATER;

ASSAY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DISCHARGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENOTOXICITY; HYDROGRAPHY; METALLURGY; MUTATION; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BRAZIL; CELL CULTURE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FIBROBLAST; GENOTOXICITY; HYDROGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; LEATHER INDUSTRY; METALLURGY; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; SAMPLE; SEWAGE; SHOE; WASTE WATER;

BRAZIL; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; SINOS RIVER;

ALLIUM CEPA; CRICETULUS GRISEUS;

EID: 79956070599     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.02.085     Document Type: Article

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