Stable isotopic tracing - A way forward for nanotechnology

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1486-1488

  Gulson, Brian ^a,b   Wong, Herbert ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Isotope tracers; Nanoparticles; Quantum dots; Sunscreen; Titanium dioxide; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

COPPER; LEAD; LEAD 204; LEAD 206; LEAD 207; LEAD 208; NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM 84; STRONTIUM 86; STRONTIUM 87; STRONTIUM 88; SUNSCREEN; THORIUM 232; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; EATING HABIT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HALF LIFE TIME; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LACTATION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABSORPTION; URINALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SKIN ABSORPTION;

EID: 33749432313     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9277     Document Type: Article

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