Quantum dots exhibit less bioaccumulation than free cadmium and selenium in the earthworm Eisenia andrei

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1288-1294

  Stewart, David T R ^a   Noguera Oviedo, Katia ^a   Lee, Vincent ^a   Banerjee, Sarbajit ^a   Watson, David F ^a   Aga, Diana S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Cadmium; Earthworm; Nanotoxicology; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM NITRATE; CADMIUM SELENIDES; EARTHWORM; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NEGATIVE CONTROL; SELENIOUS ACID; SELENIUM CONCENTRATIONS; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; SELENIUM;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM NITRATE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIOUS ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SELENIUM; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY BURDEN; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; EISENIA ANDREI; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; OLIGOCHAETA; QUANTUM DOTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELENIUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EISENIA ANDREI;

EID: 84876979112     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2182     Document Type: Article

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