A low-maintenance, primary cell culture model for the assessment of carbon nanotube toxicity

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1129-1144

  Gilmour, Aaron D ^a   Green, Rylie A ^b   Thomson, Christine E ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

carboxylated multi walled carbon nanotube; cytotoxicity; primary fibroblast culture

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT MODELS; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOMEDICAL DEVICES; CARBOXYLATED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT; CYTOCOMPATIBILITY; FIBROBLAST CULTURES; PRIMARY CELL CULTURES;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CARBOXYLATION; CELL DEATH; CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

CELL CULTURE;

APOPTOSIS; BIOSAFETY; CARBON; CYTOLOGY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MEDICINE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; VIABILITY;

EID: 84891345055     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2013.844429     Document Type: Article

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