Safety evaluation of titanium dioxide nanoparticles by their absorption and elimination profiles

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 293-298

  Sugibayashi, Kenji ^a   Todo, Hiroaki ^a   Kimura, Eriko ^a  

^a JOSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Absorption; Elimination; Nanoparticle; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN; ELIMINATION REACTION; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; RAW FOOD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY;

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EID: 48849108942     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.33.293     Document Type: Article

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