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Environment, Health and Safety Research

Nanoparticle immunotoxicity using an environmental sentinel as a model

Project Information

Principal Investigator
InstitutionCentre for Ecology and Hydrology
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Relevance to ImplicationsHigh
Class of NanomaterialEngineered Nanomaterials
Impact SectorHuman Health
Broad Research Categories Exposure
Hazard
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Funding Information

CountryUK
Anticipated Total Funding$78,628.00
Annual Funding$78,628.00
Funding SourceNERC
Funding Mechanism
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Start Year2007
Anticipated End Year2008

Abstract/Summary

To look at how exposure to metals as nanoparticles, as bulk materials and as the dissolved free metal form impacts on the workings of cells of the immune system