Nanotoxicology for safe and sustainable nanotechnology

Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 471-478

  Drobne, Damjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Engineered nanomaterials; Risk assessment; Toxicity testing

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY YIELD; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NANOANALYSIS; NANOENGINEERING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTOXICOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 36849008677     PISSN: 00041254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10004-007-0040-4     Document Type: Review

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