Genotoxicity of nano-silica in mammalian cell lines

Toxicology and Environmental Health Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-13

  Choi, Han Saem ^a   Kim, Youn Jung ^b   Song, Mee ^a   Song, Mi Kyung ^a   Ryu, Jae Chun ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Cytotoxicity; Genotoxicity; Mouse lymphoma assay (MLA); Nano silica; Nanoparticle

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL; NANOSILICA; THYMIDINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOMA; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84856241612     PISSN: 20059752     EISSN: 22337784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13530-011-0072-7     Document Type: Article

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