To the editor [1]

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 179-180

  Lison, Dominique ^a   Muller, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOFIBER; NANOTUBE;

HEALTH HAZARD; LETTER; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; EXPOSURE; INFLAMMATION; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALS; INFLAMMATION; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOTUBES; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RATS;

EID: 84883834716     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfm249     Document Type: Letter

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