State of academic knowledge on toxicity and biological fate of quantum dots

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 276-296

  Pelley, Jennifer L ^a   Daar, Abdallah S ^b   Saner, Marc A ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicology; Environmental fate; Nanoparticles; Regulatory policy; Risk assessment; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM DOT;

AEROSOL; BIOSAFETY; CYTOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD CHAIN; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INGESTION; INJECTION; MOLECULAR SIZE; NANOANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN ABSORPTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOXIC INHALATION; TOXICITY TESTING; URINARY EXCRETION; ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; QUANTUM DOTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 74949083796     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfp188     Document Type: Review

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