Toxicity and environmental risks of nanomaterials: Challenges and future needs

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part C Environmental Carcinogenesis and Ecotoxicology Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-35

  Ray, Paresh Chandra ^a   Yu, Hongtao ^a   Fu, Peter P ^b  

^a JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Environmental impact; Gold; Metal oxides; Nanomaterials; Silver; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SILVER; TOXICITY;

CRITICAL EVALUATIONS; DAILY LIVES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; METAL OXIDES; NANOMATERIALS; PUBLIC HEALTHS; PUBLIC INTERESTS; RESEARCH EFFORTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CARBON NANOTUBE; GOLD; METAL OXIDE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT; SILVER; SILVER NITRATE;

CELL VIABILITY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIBROSIS; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TOXICITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 60549093400     PISSN: 10590501     EISSN: 15324095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10590500802708267     Document Type: Review

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