Meta-analysis of cellular toxicity for cadmium-containing quantum dots

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 479-486

  Oh, Eunkeu ^a,b   Liu, Rong ^c   Nel, Andre ^c   Gemill, Kelly Boeneman ^a   Bilal, Muhammad ^c   Cohen, Yoram ^c,d   Medintz, Igor L ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SOTERA DEFENSE SOLUTIONS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION TREES; HEALTH RISKS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

CATEGORICAL DATA; CELLULAR TOXICITIES; ENGINEERED NANOMATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH RISKS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; MATERIAL DIVERSITY; QUANTITATIVE ATTRIBUTES; REGRESSION MODEL;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CADMIUM; CARBON NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; IRON OXIDE; QUANTUM DOT; SILICON; SILVER NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IC50; META ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM FOREST; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORKFLOW;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUANTUM DOTS; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84959225896     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2015.338     Document Type: Article

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