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Inventories

Environment, Health and Safety Research

NANO-PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION AND TOXICITY

Project Information

Principal InvestigatorKeld Alstrup Jensen
InstitutionNational Research Centre for the Working Environment – Denmark
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Relevance to ImplicationsHigh
Class of NanomaterialEngineered Nanomaterials
Impact SectorHuman Health
Broad Research Categories Hazard
Characterization
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Funding Information

CountryEU
Anticipated Total Funding$276,853.00
Annual Funding$138,426.50
Funding SourceDG Research
Funding Mechanism
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Start Year2006
Anticipated End Year2008

Abstract/Summary

Elucidating the relationships between physicochemical properties and reactive oxygen species induced by nanoparticles and their inflammogenicity and toxicity in human epithelial cells.