| Chapter title |
Toxicity Assessment in the Nanoparticle Era
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|---|---|
| Chapter number | 1 |
| Book title |
Cellular and Molecular Toxicology of Nanoparticles
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| Published in |
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, January 2018
|
| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-72041-8_1 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Book ISBNs |
978-3-31-972040-1, 978-3-31-972041-8
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| Authors |
Valeria De Matteis, Rosaria Rinaldi, Matteis, Valeria, Rinaldi, Rosaria |
| Abstract |
The wide use of engineered nanomaterials in many fields, ranging from biomedical, agriculture, environment, cosmetic, urged the scientific community to understand the processes behind their potential toxicity, in order to develop new strategies for human safety. As a matter of fact, there is a big discrepancy between the increased classes of nanoparticles and the consequent applications versus their toxicity assessment. Nanotoxicology is defined as the science that studies the effects of engineered nanodevices and nanostructures in living organisms. This chapter analyzes the physico-chemical properties of the most used nanoparticles, the way they enter the living organism and their cytoxicity mechanisms at cellular exposure level. Moreover, the current state of nanoparticles risk assessment is reported and analyzed. |
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| Researcher | 15 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 10% |
| Lecturer | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 16 | 17% |
| Unknown | 27 | 29% |
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| Chemistry | 9 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 25 | 27% |
| Unknown | 34 | 37% |