Carbon nanotubes introduced into the abdominal cavity of mice show asbestos-like pathogenicity in a pilot study
10.1038/nnano.2008.111
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Poland, C. A., Duffin, R., Kinloch, I., Maynard, A., Wallace, W. A. H., Seaton, A., Stone, V., Brown, S., MacNee, W., & Donaldson, K. (2008). Carbon nanotubes introduced into the abdominal cavity of mice show asbestos-like pathogenicity in a pilot study. Nature Nanotechnology, 3(7), 423–428.

Authors 10
  1. Craig A. Poland (first)
  2. Rodger Duffin (additional)
  3. Ian Kinloch (additional)
  4. Andrew Maynard (additional)
  5. William A. H. Wallace (additional)
  6. Anthony Seaton (additional)
  7. Vicki Stone (additional)
  8. Simon Brown (additional)
  9. William MacNee (additional)
  10. Ken Donaldson (additional)
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