Evaluation of Sinos River water genotoxicity using the comet assay in fish Avaliação da genotoxicidade da água do rio dos Sinos utilizando o ensaio cometa em peixes
The Sinos River, in southern Brazil, is polluted by industrial discharges and untreated urban wastes. Fish genotoxicity biomarkers are valuable parameters for environmental risk assessment. In this study, we used the comet assay to detect genotoxicity due to multiple sources of pollution in the peri...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
2010-12-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842010000600011 |