Nanostructured calcium silicate hydrate seeds accelerate concrete hardening: A combined assessment of benefits and risks

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1077-1087

  Bräu, Michael ^a   Ma Hock, Lan ^a   Hesse, Christoph ^a   Nicoleau, Luc ^a   Strauss, Volker ^a   Treumann, Silke ^a   Wiench, Karin ^a   Landsiedel, Robert ^a   Wohlleben, Wendel ^a  

^a BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concrete; Construction; Inhalation; Nanomaterials; Occupational safety

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SILICATE; CEMENT; CONCRETE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LARYNX INJURY; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NANOANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GERMANY; HUMANS; LARYNX; LUNG; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; METAPLASIA; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICATES;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84866026788     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: 14320738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-012-0839-x     Document Type: Article

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