Human health implications of nanomaterial exposure

Nanotoxicology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-27

  Papp, Thilo ^a   Schiffmann, Dietmar ^a   Weiss, Dieter ^a   Castranova, Vince ^b   Vallyathan, Val ^b   Rahman, Qamar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c INTEGRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Human health effects; inhalation; nanoparticles; nanotechnology; toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649132129     PISSN: 17435390     EISSN: 17435404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17435390701847935     Document Type: Article

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