Abstract: Nanoparticles (NPs) have found applications in large number of fields which increases the exposure of human to NPs. The potential toxicity of the NPs during the earlier days was not in focus, but during the last decade, much attention has been paid to the potential risk of NP toxicity to human health. In this chapter we summarized biokinetics of NPs and the toxicity of NPs to specific organ systems of the body and different methods used to assess the nanotoxicity using in vivo models. The physicochemical properties of NPs affect their biokineti...
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Pharmacology
Biophysics