Industrial effluents and surface waters genotoxicity and mutagenicity evaluation of a river of Tucuman, Argentina

39. MESON GANA J., ORDOÑEZ R., ZAMPINI C., HIDALGO M., MEONI S., ISLA M.I

JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.

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Año: 2008 vol. 155 p. 403 - 406

0304-3894

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