Nanomedicine: Promises and challenges for the future of public health

International Journal of Nanomedicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 803-809

  Pautler, Michelle ^a   Brenner, Sara ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental health; Epidemiology; Medicine; Nanotechnology; Policy

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; NANOMEDICINE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; EDUCATION; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

BIOSTATISTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NANOMEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79952115136     PISSN: 11769114     EISSN: 11782013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJN.S13816     Document Type: Article

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