How meaningful are the results of nanotoxicity studies in the absence of adequate material characterization?

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 183-185

  Warheit, David B ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; METAL OXIDE; NANOCOATING; NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EDITORIAL; EXPOSURE; LIGHT SCATTERING; LUNG TOXICITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 38149103482     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfm279     Document Type: Editorial

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