Carbon nanotubes: A review of their properties in relation to pulmonary toxicology and workplace safety

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-22

  Donaldson, Ken ^a   Aitken, Robert ^b   Tran, Lang ^b   Stone, Vicki ^c   Duffin, Rodger ^a   Forrest, Gavin ^d   Alexander, Andrew ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Carbon nanotubes; Fibre; Graphite; Inflammation; Lungs; Nanoparticles; Oxidative stress; Toxicology; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHITE; METAL DERIVATIVE; NANOPARTICLE; ORGANIC CARBON;

BUILDING INDUSTRY; CANCER RISK; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL STIMULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FIBROGENESIS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG TOXICITY; MESENCHYME CELL; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PATHOGENICITY; PEER REVIEW; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; WORKPLACE;

CARBON; HUMANS; LUNG; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33745597580     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfj130     Document Type: Review

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