Potential hazard of nanoparticles: From properties to biological and environmental effects

Toxicology

Volumn 269, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 89-91

  Kahru, Anne ^a   Savolainen, Kai ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND BIOPHYSICS   (Estonia)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NANOENGINEERING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTOXICOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 77949917110     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2010.02.012     Document Type: Editorial

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