Bioaccumulation and ecotoxicity of carbon nanotubes

Chemistry Central Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jackson, Petra ^a   Jacobsen, Nicklas R ^a   Baun, Anders ^b   Birkedal, Renie ^a   Kühnel, Dana ^d   Jensen, Keld A ^a   Vogel, Ulla ^a,b   Wallin, Håkan ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquatic toxicity; Bacterial toxicity; Bioaccumulation; Carbon nanotubes (CNT); Double walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNT); Hazard identification; Multi walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT); Single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT); Sorption; Terrestrial toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883734505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1752153X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-153X-7-154     Document Type: Article

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