Acute toxicity of 31 different nanoparticles to zebrafish (Danio rerio) tested in adulthood and in early life stages - Comparative study

Interdisciplinary Toxicology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 67-73

  Kovrižnych, Jevgenij A ^a   Sotńikóva, Ružena ^b   Zeljenková, Dagmar ^a   Rollerová, Eva ^a   Szabová, Elena ^a   Wimmerov́a, Soňa ^a  

^a SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Fish eggs; Nanoparticles; Teratogenicity; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CALCIUM OXIDE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CARBON NANOTUBE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; COPPER OXIDE; FERRITE; FULLERENE; GOLD; HYDROXYAPATITE; IRON OXIDE; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; METAL DERIVATIVE; METAL OXIDE; NANOPARTICLE; NICKEL; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; SILICON DERIVATIVE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICON NITRIDE; SILVER; TIN; TIN OXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TUNGSTEN; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FISHER EXACT TEST; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; LC 50; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; TERATOGENICITY; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 84892490776     PISSN: 13376853     EISSN: 13379569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/intox-2013-0012     Document Type: Article

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