Toxicity and Environmental Risks of Nanomaterials: An Update

Bio-Nanotechnology: A Revolution in Food, Biomedical and Health Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 733-748

  Ray, Paresh C ^a   Singh, Anant Kumar ^a   Senapati, Dulal ^a   Fan, Zhen ^a   Yu, Hongtao ^a  

^a JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular uptake of NPs; Modified CNTs, genotoxic potential; Nanomaterial toxicity assessment; Nanomaterials, environmental risks; Nanomedicine; Nanotechnology based products; NP fate; NP toxicity; Particle pharmacokinetics; QDs, as nanocrystals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887145210     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118451915.ch42     Document Type: Chapter

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