Nanotoxicology

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 727-728

  Donaldson, K ^a   Stone, V ^b   Tran, C L ^c   Kreyling, W ^d   Borm, P J A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NANOPARTICLE; NANOTUBE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CRANIAL NERVE; EDITORIAL; EVALUATION; HEALTH HAZARD; LUNG INJURY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; TOXICOLOGY;

HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 4444291157     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2004.013243     Document Type: Editorial

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