Nanotoxicology of metal oxide nanoparticles

Metals

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 934-975

  Seabra, Amedea B ^a,b   Durán, Nelson ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biogenic nanoparticles; Cytotoxicity; In vivo toxicity and ecotoxicity; Metal oxide nanoparticles; Nanotoxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937604387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20754701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/met5020934     Document Type: Review

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