Micronuclei and other nuclear abnormalities in mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) as biomarkers of cyto-genotoxic pollution in mediterranean waters

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 479-491

  Fernández, Beatriz ^a   Campillo, Juan Antonio ^a   Martínez Gómez, Concepción ^a   Benedicto, José ^a  

^a Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; DNA damage; Genotoxicity; Mediterranean sea; Micronucleus; Mussel

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; MERCURY; ZINC;

CYTOGENETICS; CYTOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GENOTOXICITY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICRONUCLEUS; MUSSEL; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; SALINITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MYTILUS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 79959969915     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.20646     Document Type: Review

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