Carbon nanotubes and chronic granulomatous disease

Nanomaterials

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 508-521

  Barna, Barbara P ^a   Judson, Marc A ^b   Thomassen, Mary Jane ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar macrophages; Carbon nanotubes; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962847781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20794991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nano4020508     Document Type: Review

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