Evaluation of dermal and eye irritation and skin sensitization due to carbon nanotubes

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 276-281

  Ema, Makoto ^a   Matsuda, Akitaka ^b   Kobayashi, Norihiro ^a   Naya, Masato ^a   Nakanishi, Junko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b N   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Dermal irritation; Dermal toxicity; Eye irritation; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Nanomaterials; Single walled carbon nanotubes; Skin sensitization

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOFIBER; PLASTIC; POLYMER; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ERYTHEMA; EYE IRRITATION; MALE; MATERIAL STATE; MATERIALS TESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SKIN TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; EYE; GUINEA PIGS; IRRITANTS; MALE; NANOTUBES, CARBON; RABBITS; SKIN; SKIN IRRITANCY TESTS;

CAVIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 80855139735     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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