Effect-oriented physicochemical characterization of nanomaterials

Nanotoxicology: Characterization, Dosing and Health Effects

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 19-57

  Zuin, Stefano ^a   Pojana, Giulio ^a   Marcomini, Antonio ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

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