Durability and inflammogenic impact of carbon nanotubes compared with asbestos fibres

Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Osmond McLeod, Megan J ^a   Poland, Craig A ^b,d   Murphy, Fiona ^b   Waddington, Lynne ^a   Morris, Howard ^c   Hawkins, Stephen C ^a   Clark, Steve ^d   Aitken, Rob ^d   McCall, Maxine J ^a   Donaldson, Ken ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Safe Work Australia   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS FIBER; GLASS WOOL FIBER; INTERLEUKIN 6; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LONG FIBER AMOSITE; LONG FIBER CHRYSOTILE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ASBESTOS; CARBON NANOTUBE; GLASS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODURABILITY; BODY FLUID; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIMULATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MATERIALS TESTING; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MUS;

ANIMALS; ASBESTOS; BODY FLUIDS; FEMALE; GLASS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NANOTUBES, CARBON;

EID: 79955796352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17438977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8977-8-15     Document Type: Article

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