Nanotoxicology : characterization, dosing and health effects

Nanotoxicology: laying a firm foundation for sustainable nanotechnologies / Andrew D. Maynard -- Carbon nabotube structures and compositions: implications for toxicological studies / Andrew J. Alexander -- Effect-oriented physicochemical characterization of nanomaterials / Stefano Zuin, Giulio Pojana, and Antonio Marcomini -- Physicochemical characteristics of nanoparticles that determine potential toxicity / Bice Fubini, Ivana Fenoglio, and Maura Tomatis -- Exposure assessment considerations for nanoparticles in the workplace / Mark D. Hoover ... [et al.]. Biodistribution of nanoparticles: insights from drug delivery / Martin C. Garnett -- Nanoparticle interactions with biological membranes: dendrimers as experimental exemplars and a proposed physical mechanism / James R. Baker, Jr., Bradford G. Orr, and Mark M. Banaszak Holl -- Placental biological barrier models for evaluation of nanoparticle transfer / Margaret Saunders -- Pharmacokinetics of nanomaterials / Jim E. Riviere and C. Lang Tran -- Estimating nanoparticle dose in humans: issues and challenges / Eileen D. Kuempel. Dispersion of nanoparticles in pulmonary surfactants for in vitro toxicity studies: lessons from ultrafine diesel exhaust particles and fine mineral dusts / William E. Wallace ... [et al.] -- Gene-cellular interactions of nanomaterials: genotoxicity to genomics / Mary Jane Cunningham -- Effect of carbon nanotube exposure on keratinocyte protein expression / Frank A. Witzmann and Nancy A. Monteiro-Riviere -- Critical issues in the evaluation of possible adverse pulmonary effects resulting from airborne nanoparticles / Anna A. Shvedova ... [et al.]. Carbon nanotube exposure and risk for cardiovascular effects / Petia P. Simeonova, Aaron Erdely, and Zheng Li -- Hemostatic and thrombotic effects of particulate exposure: assessing the mechanisms / Peter H.M. Hoet ... [et al.] -- Pulmonary and cardiovascular effects of nanoparticles / Ken Donaldson ... [et al.] -- Understanding the potential neurotoxicology of nanoparticles / Rosemary M. Gibson -- Dermal effects of nanomaterials / Nancy A. Monteiro-Riviere, Alfred O. Inman, and Jessica P. Ryman-Rasmussen -- Toxicity of nanoparticles in the eye / Tari Prow and Gerald A. Lutty -- Nanoparticle interactions with biological systems and subsequent activation of intracellular signaling mechanisms / Vicki Stone and Ian Kinloch -- Environmental considerations: occurrences, fate, and characterization of nanoparticles in the environment / Gregory V. Lowry and Mark R. Wiesner -- Impact of nanoparticles on aquatic organisms / Patricia D. McClellan-Green ... [et al.] -- The environmental implacations of nanomaterials / Theresa F. Fernandes, Nic. Christofi, and Vicki Stone -- Nanotechnology and toxicology: How do we move forward? / Barbara P. Karn.