Toxicity evaluations of various carbon nanomaterials

Dental Materials Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 245-263

  Uo, Motohiro ^a   Akasaka, Tsukasa ^a   Watari, Fumio ^a   Sato, Yoshinori ^b   Tohji, Kazuyuki ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanomaterials; Carbon nanotube; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BULK MATERIALS; CARBON NANOMATERIALS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; NANOMATERIAL;

CARBON NANOTUBES; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; TOXICITY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

ASBESTOS; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBE; FULLERENE C60; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; REVIEW; SOOT;

ANIMALS; ASBESTOS; CARBON; FULLERENES; GRAPHITE; HUMANS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SOOT;

EID: 79958031464     PISSN: 02874547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4012/dmj.2010-039     Document Type: Review

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