A fruit fly in the nanoworld: Once again Drosophila contributes to environment and human health

Nanotoxicology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 135-137

  Vecchio, Giuseppe ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nanomedicine; Nanotoxicology; Particle toxicology; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG TOXICITY; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT; SILICA NANOPARTICLE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOASSAY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; DROSOPHILA; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NANOMEDICINE; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DROSOPHILA; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; METHODS; MODELS, ANIMAL; NANOPARTICLES; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84964194268     PISSN: 17435390     EISSN: 17435404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17435390.2014.911985     Document Type: Review

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