Are quantum dots toxic? Exploring the discrepancy between cell culture and animal studies

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 662-671

  Tsoi, Kim M ^a,b   Dai, Qin ^a,b   Alman, Benjamin A ^b,d   Chan, Warren C W ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM DOT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL BIAS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MODELS, ANIMAL; QUANTUM DOTS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84874471180     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar300040z     Document Type: Article

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