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Figure 1 | Particle and Fibre Toxicology

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From: The potential risks of nanomaterials: a review carried out for ECETOC

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Illustration of the different sources and applications of ultrafine and Nanoparticles (NP). Epidemiology and toxicology have demonstrated acute effects of anthropogenic NP (= UFP) in humans, as well chronic effects of existing, manufactured NP in animals. It remains an open issue whether the hazards and risks found with those types of NP can be extrapolated to newly developed engineered NP.

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