An introduction to particle toxicology: From coal mining to nanotechnology

Particle Toxicology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-12

  Borm, Paul J A ^a   Donaldson, Ken ^b  

^a ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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