Toxicological properties of nanoparticles of organic compounds (NOC) from flames and vehicle exhausts

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2608-2613

  Sgro, L A ^a   Simonelli, A ^b   Pascarella, L ^b   Minutolo, P ^c   Guarnieri, D ^a,d   Sannolo, N ^b   Netti, P ^a,d   D'Anna, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Biomaterials (CRIB)   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR UPTAKES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CYTOTOXIC; DOSE DEPENDENTS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GRAPHITIC SOOTS; IN-VITRO; METABOLIC ACTIVATIONS; MOUSE EMBRYO FIBROBLASTS; MUTAGENICITY; ORGANIC FRACTIONS; PHYSICAL NATURES; SALMONELLA STRAINS; SMALL SIZES; TOXICOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; URBAN ATMOSPHERES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; VEHICLE EXHAUSTS;

AGGLOMERATION; AMINES; CELL CULTURE; COMBUSTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; FLAMMABILITY; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; VEHICLES;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

NANOPARTICLE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PEPTIDE;

BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EXHAUST EMISSION; MUTATION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); TOXICITY TEST; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EXHAUST GAS; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTAGENICITY; PARTICLE SIZE; SALMONELLA;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FIRES; MICE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; NANOPARTICLES; NIH 3T3 CELLS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 64349093786     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8034768     Document Type: Article

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