Nanoparticles – known and unknown health risks

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Manmade nanoparticles range from the well-established multi-ton production of carbon black and fumed silica for applications in plastic fillers and car tyres to microgram quantities of fluorescent quantum dots used as markers in biological imaging. As nano-scienc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Brüske-Hohlfeld Irene, Hoet Peter HM, Salata Oleg V
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2004-12-01
Series:Journal of Nanobiotechnology
Online Access:http://www.jnanobiotechnology.com/content/2/1/12