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Experimental Models in Nanotoxicology

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The aim of toxicology is to characterise the potentially harmful effects of solid, liquid, or gaseous substances for humans. Having evaluated the hazards, and given the level of exposure to the substance, we can then assess the risks.

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  1. Laboratoire des réponses moléculaires et cellulaires aux xénobiotiques (RMCX) Unité de biologie fonctionnelle et adaptative (BFA), EAC CNRS 4413 Case 7073, Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7, 5 rue Thomas Mann, 75205, Paris Cedex 13, France

    Armelle Baeza-Squiban

  2. Experimental Toxicology Unit, Institut national de l’environnement industriel et des risques (INERIS), Parc technologique ALATA, 60550, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France

    Ghislaine Lacroix

  3. Chair of Mathematical Modelling for Systems Toxicology Royallieu Research Center, Technological University of Compiègne (UTC), 20529, 60205, Compiègne Cedex, France

    Frédéric Y. Bois

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Baeza-Squiban, A., Lacroix, G., Bois, F.Y. (2011). Experimental Models in Nanotoxicology. In: Houdy, P., Lahmani, M., Marano, F. (eds) Nanoethics and Nanotoxicology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20177-6_3

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