Comparative chronic toxicity of nanoparticulate and ionic zinc to the earthworm Eisenia veneta in a soil matrix

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1111-1117

  Hooper, Helen L ^a   Jurkschat, Kerstin ^b   Morgan, Andrew J ^c   Bailey, Joanne ^a   Lawlor, Alan J ^a   Spurgeon, David J ^a   Svendsen, Claus ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Body burdens; Nanotoxicology; Risk assessment; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; NANOPARTICLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOILS; TOXICITY; ZINC;

AQUATIC EXPOSURE; BODY BURDEN; LIFE-HISTORY TRAITS; MANUFACTURED NANOPARTICLES; NANO PARTICULATES; NANOTOXICOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRONS; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

ZINC OXIDE;

METAL NANOPARTICLE; ZINC CHLORIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

AGGLOMERATION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICOLOGY; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; EARTHWORM; EISENIA VENETA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; TISSUE LEVEL;

EISENIA VENETA;

EID: 79958732543     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.02.019     Document Type: Article

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