Nanomaterials as emerging environmental threats

Current Chemical Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-160

  Tedesco, Sara ^a   Sheehan, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cell; Ecotoxicology; Environment; Nanomaterials; Nanotechnology; Nanotoxicology; Oxidative stress; Size; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD PACKAGING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTOXICOLOGY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 77951562691     PISSN: 18723136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187231310791170784     Document Type: Review

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