REVIEW Carbon Nanotubes: A Review of Their Properties in Relation to Pulmonary Toxicology and Workplace Safety
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*MRC/University of Edinburgh Centre for Inflammation Research, ELEGI Colt Laboratory, Queen’s Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, United Kingdom; †Institute of Occupational Medicine, Riccarton, Edinburgh, United Kingdom EH14 4AP; ‡Napier University, School of Life Sciences, Edinburgh, United Kingdom EH10 5DT; and §School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom EH9 3JJ
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