Impact of sulfidation on the bioavailability and toxicity of silver nanoparticles to Caenorhabditis elegans

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 196, Issue , 2015, Pages 239-246

  Starnes, Daniel L ^a   Unrine, Jason M ^a,b   Starnes, Catherine P ^c   Collin, Blanche E ^a,b   Oostveen, Emily K ^a   Ma, Rui ^b,d   Lowry, Gregory V ^b,d   Bertsch, Paul M ^a,b,e   Tsyusko, Olga V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Nanotechnology; Soil; Transformation; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SOILS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SPECIFIC EFFECTS; TRANSFORMATION; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

SILVER;

SILVER; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOPARTICLE; SOIL; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NANOPARTICLE; NEMATODE; SILVER; SOLUBILITY; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; ECOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SOLUBILITY; SULFIDATION; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; SEWAGE; SOIL; TOXICITY; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; SILVER; SOIL; SOLUBILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84934930231     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.10.009     Document Type: Article

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