A novel quantitative method for analyzing the distributions of nanoparticles between different tissue and intracellular compartments

Journal of Aerosol Medicine: Deposition, Clearance, and Effects in the Lung

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 395-407

  Mühlfeld, Christian ^a   Mayhew, Terry M ^b   Gehr, Peter ^a   Rothen Rutishauser, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chi squared analysis; Contingency table analysis; Intracellular distribution; Nanoparticles; Stereology; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTINGENCY TABLE; EVALUATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEREOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AEROSOLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANELLES;

EID: 37549055041     PISSN: 08942684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jam.2007.0624     Document Type: Article

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