Genotoxicity of the sediments collected from Pearl River in China and their polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and heavy metals

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 5651-5661

  Feng, Shaolong ^a,b   Mai, Bixian ^b   Wei, Gangjian ^b   Wang, Xinming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CHINA   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Heavy metals (HMs); Micronucleus (MN) assay; Pearl River; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); Sediment

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL APPROACH; DRY WEIGHT; GENOTOXICITIES; GUANGDONG PROVINCE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; MOLAR CONCENTRATION; PEARL RIVER; PEARL RIVER DELTA; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS(PAHS); POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; ROOT CELLS; ROOT-TIP CELLS; VICIA FABA;

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; CHROMIUM; COPPER; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; ARSENIC; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; LEAD; MERCURY; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; SELENIUM;

ASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GENOTOXICITY; HEAVY METAL; PAH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; GENOTOXICITY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL RECOVERY; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PLANT ROOT; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; URBANIZATION; VICIA FABA; WATER POLLUTION;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RIVERS; VICIA FABA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

VICIA FABA;

EID: 84865328180     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2369-z     Document Type: Article

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