Toxicological effects of major environmental pollutants: An overview

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2585-2593

  Wasi, Samina ^a   Tabrez, Shams ^b   Ahmad, Masood ^c  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Pesticides; Phenols; Toxicity; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; LIVING ENVIRONMENT; TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

DETOXIFICATION; HEAVY METALS; OIL SPILLS; PESTICIDES; PHENOLS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; TOXICITY;

WATER POLLUTION;

BIOCIDE; CADMIUM; CHROMIC ACID; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HERBICIDE; LEAD; LINDANE; MERCURY; NICKEL; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PHENOL; PESTICIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

DETOXIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HEAVY METAL; PESTICIDE; PHENOL; REMEDIATION; TOXICITY; TOXICOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

CARDIOTOXICITY; CELL DAMAGE; DETOXIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REVIEW; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; TOXIC INHALATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; STATISTICS; TOXICITY TESTING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; PESTICIDES; PHENOLS; TOXICITY TESTS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874991174     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2732-8     Document Type: Review

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