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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
41
Citations
13330
World Ranking
7550
National Ranking
2680

Best Publications

  • Translocation of Inhaled Ultrafine Particles to the Brain

    Günter Oberdörster;Z. Sharp;V. Atudorei;A. Elder

  • Translocation of inhaled ultrafine manganese oxide particles to the central nervous system.

    Alison Elder;Robert Gelein;Vanessa D. Silva;Tessa Feikert

  • Extrapulmonary translocation of ultrafine carbon particles following whole-body inhalation exposure of rats.

    Günter Oberdörster;Zachary Sharp;Viorel Atudorei;Alison Elder

  • The Outdoor Air Pollution and Brain Health Workshop

    Michelle L. Block;Alison Elder;Richard L. Auten;Staci D. Bilbo

  • Acute pulmonary effects of ultrafine particles in rats and mice.

    G Oberdörster;J N Finkelstein;C Johnston;R Gelein

  • Nanoparticles and the Brain: Cause for Concern?

    Günter Oberdörster;Alison Elder;Amber Rinderknecht

  • Nanomaterials Versus Ambient Ultrafine Particles: An Opportunity to Exchange Toxicology Knowledge

    Vicki Stone;Mark R Miller;Martin J D Clift;Alison Elder

  • Validation of an LDH assay for assessing nanoparticle toxicity.

    Xianglu Han;Robert Gelein;Nancy Corson;Pamela Wade-Mercer

  • Concept of assessing nanoparticle hazards considering nanoparticle dosemetric and chemical/biological response metrics.

    Erik K. Rushton;Jingkun Jiang;Stephen S. Leonard;Shirley Eberly

  • Neurological impacts from inhalation of pollutants and the nose–brain connection

    R.G. Lucchini;D.C. Dorman;A. Elder;B. Veronesi

  • Effects of subchronically inhaled carbon black in three species. I. Retention kinetics, lung inflammation, and histopathology.

    Alison Elder;Robert Gelein;Jacob N. Finkelstein;Kevin E. Driscoll

  • Environmental health hazards of e-cigarettes and their components: Oxidants and copper in e-cigarette aerosols

    Chad A. Lerner;Isaac K. Sundar;Richard M. Watson;Alison Elder

  • Translocation and effects of ultrafine particles outside of the lung.

    Alison Elder;Günter Oberdörster

  • Particle toxicology and health - where are we?

    Michael Riediker;Daniele Zink;Wolfgang Kreyling;Günter Oberdörster

  • Equivalent titanium dioxide nanoparticle deposition by intratracheal instillation and whole body inhalation: the effect of dose rate on acute respiratory tract inflammation.

    Brittany L Baisch;Nancy M Corson;Pamela Wade-Mercer;Robert Gelein

  • Electronic cigarette aerosols and copper nanoparticles induce mitochondrial stress and promote DNA fragmentation in lung fibroblasts.

    Chad A. Lerner;Pierrot Rutagarama;Tanveer Ahmad;Isaac K. Sundar

  • Interlaboratory evaluation of rodent pulmonary responses to engineered nanomaterials: the NIEHS Nano GO Consortium.

    James C. Bonner;Rona M. Silva;Alexia J. Taylor;Jared M. Brown

  • Pulmonary inflammatory response to inhaled ultrafine particles is modified by age, ozone exposure, and bacterial toxin.

    Alison C. P. Elder;Robert Gelein;Jacob N. Finkelstein;Christopher Cox

  • Testing Nanomaterials of Unknown Toxicity: An Example Based on Platinum Nanoparticles of Different Shapes

    Alison Elder;Hong Yang;Roberto Gwiazda;Xiaowei Teng

  • The Rat Ear Vein Model for Investigating In Vivo Thrombogenicity of Ultrafine Particles (UFP)

    Vanessa M Silva;Nancy Corson;Alison Elder;Günter Oberdörster

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