Inhalation of silver nanomaterials—seeing the risks

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 23936-23974

  Theodorou, Ioannis G ^a   Ryan, Mary P ^a   Tetley, Teresa D ^b   Porter, Alexandra E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Characterization; Imaging; Lung; Pulmonary surfactant; Silver nanomaterials; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

LUNG SURFACTANT; NANOWIRE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; NANOMATERIAL; SILVER;

CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE PRODUCT; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; INTERNALIZATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG TOXICITY; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EXPOSURE; LUNG DISEASES; PROCEDURES; RISK; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG DISEASES; NANOSTRUCTURES; RISK; SILVER;

EID: 84919797999     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms151223936     Document Type: Review

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