The distribution and origin of mutagens in airborne particulates, detected by the salmonella/microsome assay in relation to levels of lead, vanadium and PAH.

S Madsen, E; A Nielsen, P; C Pedersen, J

doi:10.1016/0048-9697(82)90054-7

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The distribution and origin of mutagens in airborne particulates, detected by the salmonella/microsome assay in relation to levels of lead, vanadium and PAH.

Published in The Science of the total environment • May 1, 1982

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E S Madsen

P A Nielsen

J C Pedersen

Abstract

At three stations in central Copenhagen, Denmark, samples of particulate matter were collected simultaneously with different contributions from automobile exhaust products. Samples were obtained at street level, 22 m above street level and within a hospital zone; 32 samples were analysed for levels ...

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