The concentrations of heavy metals and the incidence of micronucleated erythrocytes and liver EROD activity in two edible-fish from the Paraíba do Sul river basin in Brazil | Concentração de metais pesados e incidência de eritrócitos micronucleados e atividade de EROD hepática em duas espécies de peixes comestíveis na bacia do Rio Paraíba do Sul, Brasil

• Main Authors: Thiago Estevam Martins Parente (Author), Laísa Maria Freire dos Santos (Author), Ana Cecília Amado Xavier de Oliveira (Author), João Paulo de Machado Torres (Author), Francisco Gerson Araújo (Author), Isabella Fernandes Delgado (Author), Francisco José Roma Paumgartten (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), 2015-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The Paraíba do Sul river (PSR) basin crosses one of the most populated and industrialized regions of Brazil and receives effluent from the metallurgic, paper mill and agricultural industries. PSR water has multiple uses, including being a supply of potable water and riverine populations which consu...