Nanotechnology: A promising new technology - But how safe?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 187-188

  Priestly, Brian G ^a   Harford, Andrew J ^a   Sim, Malcolm R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME; METAL OXIDE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; NANOTUBE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOENGINEERING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; TOXICITY TESTING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33847717084     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb00859.x     Document Type: Article

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