Subchronic inhalation toxicity of silver nanoparticles

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 452-461

  Sung, Jae Hyuck ^a,b   Ji, Jun Ho ^c   Park, Jung Duck ^d   Yoon, Jin Uk ^e   Kim, Dae Sung ^e   Jeon, Ki Soo ^f   Song, Moon Yong ^a   Jeong, Jayoung ^g   Han, Beom Seok ^g   Han, Jeong Hee ^h   Chung, Yong Hyun ^h   Chang, Hee Kyung ⁱ   Lee, Ji Hyun ^a   Cho, Myung Haing ^b   Kelman, Bruce J ^j   Yu, Il Je ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Construction Materials   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

^d Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^e HCT Co Icheon   (South Korea)

^f Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^g National Institute of Toxicological Research   (South Korea)

^h Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency   (South Korea)

ⁱ Kosin University   (South Korea)

^j Veritox Inc   (United States)

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Author keywords

Lung; Nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BILE DUCT HYPERPLASIA; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEART; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERPLASIA; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; KIDNEY; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TARGET ORGAN; TESTIS; THYMUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXIC INHALATION; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; FEMALE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; NANOPARTICLES; ORGAN SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE; PNEUMONIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SILVER;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 64349090027     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfn246     Document Type: Article

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