Comparative genotoxicity testing of Rhine river sediment extracts using the comet assay with permanent fish cell lines (RTG-2 and RTL-W1) and the Ames test

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 84-94

  Kosmehl, Thomas ^a   Krebs, Falk ^b   Manz, Werner ^b   Erdinger, Lothar ^a   Braunbeck, Thomas ^a   Hollert, Henner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ames test; Bioassay battery; Comet assay; Fish cell line; Genotoxicity; Mutagenicity; River Rhine; RTG 2; RTL W1; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISH; GENOTOXICITY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; RHINE RIVER;

EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84930472815     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/jss2004.03.095     Document Type: Article

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