Environmental and health impacts of fine and ultrafine metallic particles: Assessment of threat scores

Environmental Research

Volumn 133, Issue , 2014, Pages 185-194

  Goix, Sylvaine ^a,b   Lévêque, Thibaut ^a,b,c   Xiong, Tian Tian ^a,b   Schreck, Eva ^a   Baeza Squiban, Armelle ^d   Geret, Florence ^e   Uzu, Gaëlle ^f   Austruy, Annabelle ^a,b,g   Dumat, Camille ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^c French Agency for Environment and Energy Management ADEME   (France)

^d Groupe Hospitalier Pitié Salpêtrière   (France)

^e Laboratoire Geode   (France)

^f UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^g Institut Ecocitoyen Pour la Connaissance des Pollutions Centre de vie la Fossette RD 268   (France)

Author keywords

(Eco)toxicity; Bioaccessibility; Fine and ultrafine metallic particles; Metal(loid)s; Threat scores

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; CADMIUM; CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; COPPER; LEAD; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISSOLUTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HEALTH IMPACT; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FINE METALLIC PARTICLE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; STOMACH JUICE; ULTRAFINE METALLIC PARTICLE;

(ECO)TOXICITY; BIOACCESSIBILITY; FINE AND ULTRAFINE METALLIC PARTICLES; METAL(LOID)S; THREAT SCORES;

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COPPER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; LEAD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84904597355     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.05.015     Document Type: Article

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