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AN OVERVIEW OF NANOTOXICOLOGY

HANDE Sezgin(İSTANBUL TEKNİK ÜNİVERSİTESİ)
İPEK Yalçın Eniş(İSTANBUL TEKNİK ÜNİVERSİTESİ)
MERVE Küçükali Öztürk(İSTANBUL TEKNİK ÜNİVERSİTESİ)
EZGİ İşmar(İSTANBUL TEKNİK ÜNİVERSİTESİ)
Pages
57–65
Publication Date
2017-01-09
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This review reports a summary of recent researches on the toxicity of nanomaterials having different classes: metals and non-metals.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Nanotechnology grows rapidly and has potential applications in many areas such as industry, agriculture, business, medicine etc.
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Nanotechnology grows rapidly and has potential applications in many areas such as industry, agriculture, business, medicine etc. Since nanomaterials are used in daily life activities nowadays, research on the toxicity of nanoparticles gains more importance. Nanoparticles (NPs) have been studied for cell toxicity, immunotoxicity, and genotoxicity. This review reports a summary of recent researches on the toxicity of nanomaterials having different classes: metals and non-metals.

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Sezgin, H., Eniş, İ. Y., Öztürk, M. K., İşmar, E. (2017). AN OVERVIEW OF NANOTOXICOLOGY. Engineering Sciences, Cilt: 12 Sayı: 1, 57–65. https://doi.org/10.12739/NWSA.2017.12.1.1A0373

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