Cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of untreated hospital effluents
Untreated hospital effluent samples were tested for cytotoxic and genotoxicity in order to access whether they presented any serious health hazards. Results of umuC test suggested that the effluent from a large, general hospital could be considered weakly genotoxic. Comparatively, effluents from inp...
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| Language: | English |
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Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar)
2007-07-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132007000400009 |