Genotoxicity testing of nanomaterials - Conclusions

Nanotoxicology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 421-424

  Greim, Helmut ^a   Norppa, Hannu ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL; PROTEIN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DNA DAMAGE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAMMAL CELL; NANOENGINEERING; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOLUBILITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 77957968431     PISSN: 17435390     EISSN: 17435404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17435390.2010.518774     Document Type: Short Survey

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