Mutagenic activity of airborne particulate matter from the urban area of Porto Alegre, Brazil
The mutagenic activity of airborne particulate matter collected from three different sites within the urban area of Porto Alegre, Brazil, was investigated using a Salmonella/microsome assay. Samples were extracted by sonication, sequentially, with cyclohexane (CX), and dichloromethane (DCM), for a r...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
1998-06-01
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Series: | Genetics and Molecular Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47571998000200013 |