Are standard genotoxicity tests useful for the safety evaluation of nanomaterials?

Nanomaterials (NMs) are widely used in a diversity of consumer products, despite uncertainties surrounding the potential health risks that they pose to humans and the environment. One of the major concerns is the potential to induce cancer. To analyze in a short term the carcinogenic properties of a...

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Main Author: Louro, Henriqueta (author)
Other Authors: Tavares, Ana (author), Vital, Nádia (author), Antunes, Susana (author), Costa, Pedro (author), Alverca, Elsa (author), Lavinha, João (author), Silva, Maria João (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Genotoxicidade Ambiental
Genotoxicity Assays
Titanium Dioxide Nanomaterials
lacZ Transgenic Mouse
Comet
Micronucleus
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/2279
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.insa.pt:10400.18/2279

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/2279

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