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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Main Authors: Vera Maria Ferrão Vargas, Rubem Cesar Horn, Régis Rolim Guidobono, Ana Beatriz Mittelstaedt, Irascema Girardi de Azevedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 1998-06-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47571998000200013