Toxicological risk assessment of elemental gold following oral exposure to sheets and nanoparticles - A review

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 216-221

  Hadrup, Niels ^a   Sharma, Anoop K ^a   Poulsen, Morten ^a   Nielsen, Elsa ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Au; Colloidal; Elemental; Gold; Metallic; Nanoparticle; Oral; Risk assessment; Toxicity; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

DENTAL MATERIAL; GOLD; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ABSORPTION; ACUTE TOXICITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DNA DAMAGE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICOKINETICS; URINARY EXCRETION; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL; MUTAGEN TESTING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GOLD; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84928742191     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2015.04.017     Document Type: Review

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