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Inhalation Toxicology
International Forum for Respiratory Research
Volume 22, 2010 - Issue 4
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Research Article

Changing the dose metric for inhalation toxicity studies: Short-term study in rats with engineered aerosolized amorphous silica nanoparticles

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Pages 348-354 | Received 19 Aug 2009, Accepted 23 Sep 2009, Published online: 11 Dec 2009

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