How to measure hazards/risks following exposures to nanoscale or pigment-grade titanium dioxide particles

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 193-204

  Warheit, David B ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interspecies differences in lung responses; Lung toxicity; Nano Risk Framework; Nanoparticles; Particle overload; Titanium dioxide particles

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MATERIAL COATING; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARTICLE SIZE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; COLORING AGENTS; HUMANS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; TITANIUM;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RATTUS;

EID: 84878972271     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2013.04.002     Document Type: Review

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