Nanoengineered silica: Properties, applications and toxicity

Food and Chemical Toxicology - Tập 109 - Trang 753-770 - 2017
Andrea M. Mebert1, Carolyn J. Baglole2, Martin F. Desimone1, Dusica Maysinger2
1Universidad de Buenos Aires, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto de la Química y Metabolismo del Fármaco (IQUIMEFA), Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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