Human Toxicology and Effects of Nanoparticles

Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Nanotechnology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 357-388

  Stone, Vicki ^a   Clift, Martin J D ^b   Johnston, Helinor ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in toxicology studies; Diesel exhaust air pollution particles (DEP) with airborne allergens; High aspect ratio nanoparticles (HARN) and fibrosis and cancer mesothelioma; Human toxicology and nanoparticle effects; International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC); Nanoparticle uptake in cells; Particle toxicologists and nanoparticle interest; Toxicology noxious effects of chemical substances on living systems; Ultrafine particle toxicology and ultrafine particle hypothesis; Ultrafine particles and ROS in cell free environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856217411     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444307504.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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