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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829056803321

Autore

Ghosh Shyamasree

Titolo

Nanomaterials safety : toxicity and health hazards / / Shyamasree Ghosh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

©2019

ISBN

1-5231-5411-X

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

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

Sommario/riassunto

This monograph summarizes the current knowledge on potential health hazards induced by nanomaterials from different sources and sort such as food, drugs and silver nanoparticles. Methods to assess toxicity as well as known effects on the genome, neuronal and respiratory system are discussed. Besides the impact on human and animal life the books also addresses aquatic toxicity.