Nanosilver: Application and novel aspects of toxicology

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 569-576

  Schluesener, Jan K ^a   Schluesener, Hermann J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid; Nanoshape; Nanotopography; Nanotoxicology

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; SILVER; SILVER NANOPARTICLE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARGYRIA; BURN; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICITY; FOOD SAFETY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MATERIAL COATING; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SILVER STAINING; SYPHILIS; TONSILLITIS; WOUND; WOUND INFECTION;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; ANIMALS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; RATS; SILVER COMPOUNDS; TOXICITY TESTS;

RODENTIA;

EID: 84876677994     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: 14320738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-012-1007-z     Document Type: Review

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