In situ biomonitoring of the genotoxic effects of vehicular pollution in Uberlândia, Brazil, using a Tradescantia micronucleus assay

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 87, Issue , 2013, Pages 17-22

  Pereira, Boscolli Barbosa ^a   Campos Júnior, Edimar Olegário de ^a   Morelli, Sandra ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genotoxicity; Tradescantia pallida; Vehicle pollution

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOASSAY; BIOMONITORING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GENOTOXICITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXHAUST GAS; GENETIC RISK; GENOTOXICITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMIDITY; INFLORESCENCE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TRADESCANTIA; TRADESCANTIA PALLIDA; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BRAZIL; DNA, PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LINEAR MODELS; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MOTOR VEHICLES; MUTAGENS; SEASONS; TRADESCANTIA; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; UBERLANDIA;

TRADESCANTIA; TRADESCANTIA PALLIDA;

EID: 84869873990     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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