Titanium dioxide in our everyday life; Is it safe?

Radiology and Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 227-247

  Skocaj, Matej ^a   Filipic, Metka ^b   Petkovic, Jana ^b   Novak, Sasa ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

applications; nanoparticles; safety; titanium dioxide; toxicity

Indexed keywords

FOOD ADDITIVE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NANOPARTICLE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUNSCREEN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ABSORPTION; ADVERSE OUTCOME; APOPTOSIS; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOSAFETY; CANCER MORTALITY; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXICITY; DENDRITIC CELL; DNA CLEAVAGE; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXCRETION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD SAFETY; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOTOXICITY; INFLAMMATION; ISOELECTRIC POINT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPOPHILICITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG ENDOTHELIUM; LUNG TOXICITY; MACROPHAGE; MELANOCYTE; METAL IMPLANTATION; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOOXIDATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN TOXICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 81755171094     PISSN: 13182099     EISSN: 15813207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10019-011-0037-0     Document Type: Review

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