Differential cytotoxicity exhibited by silica nanowires and nanoparticles

Nanotoxicology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Adili, Abulaiti ^a   Crowe, Saskia ^a   Beaux II, Miles F ^a   Cantrell, Timothy ^a   Shapiro, Pamela J ^a   McIlroy, David N ^a   Gustin, Kurt E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Nanowires; Necrosis; Silica

Indexed keywords

EID: 48449094156     PISSN: 17435390     EISSN: 17435404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17435390701843769     Document Type: Article

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