Toxic potential of mineral dusts

Elements

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 407-414

  Fubini, Bice ^a,b   Fenoglio, Ivana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Faculty of Pharmacy

Author keywords

Asbestos; Nanoparticles; Silica; Surface reactivity; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICALS; HEALTH RISKS; NANOPARTICLES; SILICA; TOXICITY;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; FREE RADICAL GENERATION; MICRON-SIZED PARTICLES; MINERAL DUST; SURFACE REACTIVITY; TOXIC AGENTS; TOXIC POTENTIAL;

ASBESTOS;

ADSORPTION; ASBESTOS; DUST; FREE RADICAL; HEALTH RISK; HYDROPHOBICITY; PARTICLE SIZE; SILICA; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TOXICITY; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 38549156208     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/GSELEMENTS.3.6.407     Document Type: Article

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