Magnetite pollution nanoparticles in the human brain

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 39, 2016, Pages 10797-10801

  Maher, Barbara A ^a   Ahmed, Imad A M ^b   Karloukovski, Vassil ^a   MacLaren, Donald A ^c   Foulds, Penelope G ^d   Allsop, David ^d   Mann, David M A ^e   Torres Jardón, Ricardo ^f   Calderon Garciduenas, Lilian ^g,h  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Airborne particulate matter; Alzheimer's disease; Brain magnetite; Combustion derived nanoparticles; Magnetite pollution particles

Indexed keywords

COBALT NANOPARTICLE; IRON NANOPARTICLE; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLE; NICKEL NANOPARTICLE; PLATINUM NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAIN TOXICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETISM; NANOTOXICOLOGY; OLFACTORY BULB; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE CHARGE; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLISM; MEXICO; SPECTROMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTION; BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLES; MEXICO; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SPECTROSCOPY, ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84989857196     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1605941113     Document Type: Article

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