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Record Nr.

UNINA9910467407603321

Autore

Ghosh Shyamasree

Titolo

Nanomaterials safety : toxicity and health hazards / / Shyamasree Ghosh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

3-11-057836-0

3-11-057909-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 272 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

338.476205

Soggetti

Nanostructured materials - Toxicology

Nanostructured materials - Health aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgment -- Contents -- 1. Nanomaterials safety and health hazard -- 2. Nanotoxicity and the immune system -- 3. Nanoparticles and stem cells -- 4. Nanoparticles and brain -- 5. Nanoparticles, neurotoxicity and safety in application to neurological disorders -- 6. Health effects of inhaled nanomaterials -- 7. Nanoparticles and genotoxicity -- 8. Nanoparticles and occupational health hazards -- 9. Toxicity and effect of nanoparticles on liver and kidneys, and kidney disorders -- 10. Nanomaterials and aquatic toxicity -- 11. Nanotoxicity and plants -- Glossary -- Abbreviations -- Index