A method to assess the quality of studies that examine the toxicity of engineered nanomaterials

International Journal of Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 402-410

  Card, Jeffrey W ^a,b   Magnuson, Bernadene A ^b  

^a Ashuren Health Sciences   (Canada)

^b Cantox Health Sciences International   (Canada)

Author keywords

nanomaterials; nanotechnology; physicochemical characterization; study ranking

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA DAMAGE; NANOENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDY DESIGN; TOOL USE; ANIMAL; MALE; MOUSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; MALE; MICE; NANOSTRUCTURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 77956270553     PISSN: 10915818     EISSN: 1092874X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091581810370720     Document Type: Article

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