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Wolfgang G. Kreyling

Wolfgang G. Kreyling

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
76
Citations
31269
World Ranking
1168
National Ranking
35

Best Publications

  • Translocation of Inhaled Ultrafine Particles to the Brain

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

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

    Paul J A Borm;David Robbins;Stephan Haubold;Thomas Kuhlbusch

  • Ultrafine Particles Cross Cellular Membranes by Nonphagocytic Mechanisms in Lungs and in Cultured Cells

    Marianne Geiser;Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser;Nadine Kapp;Samuel Schürch;Samuel Schürch

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

    Günter Oberdörster;Zachary Sharp;Viorel Atudorei;Alison Elder

  • TRANSLOCATION OF ULTRAFINE INSOLUBLE IRIDIUM PARTICLES FROM LUNG EPITHELIUM TO EXTRAPULMONARY ORGANS IS SIZE DEPENDENT BUT VERY LOW

    W G Kreyling;M Semmler;F Erbe;P Mayer

  • Deposition and biokinetics of inhaled nanoparticles

    Unknown

  • Biodistribution of 1.4‐ and 18‐nm Gold Particles in Rats

    Manuela Semmler-Behnke;Wolfgang G. Kreyling;Jens Lipka;Stefanie Fertsch

  • Daily mortality and fine and ultrafine particles in Erfurt, Germany part I: role of particle number and particle mass.

    H E Wichmann;C Spix;T Tuch;G Wölke

  • Health effects of particles in ambient air.

    Andreas D. Kappos;Peter Bruckmann;Thomas Eikmann;Norbert Englert

  • Biodistribution of PEG-modified gold nanoparticles following intratracheal instillation and intravenous injection

    Jens Lipka;Manuela Semmler-Behnke;Ralph A. Sperling;Alexander Wenk

  • Particulate Air Pollution and Risk of ST-Segment Depression During Repeated Submaximal Exercise Tests Among Subjects With Coronary Heart Disease The Exposure and Risk Assessment for Fine and Ultrafine Particles in Ambient Air (ULTRA) Study

    Juha Pekkanen;Annette Peters;Gerard Hoek;Pekka Tiittanen

  • Epidemiological Evidence on Health Effects of Ultrafine Particles

    Angela Ibald-Mulli;H.-Erich Wichmann;Wolfgang Kreyling;Annette Peters

  • Long-term clearance kinetics of inhaled ultrafine insoluble iridium particles from the rat lung, including transient translocation into secondary organs.

    M. Semmler;J. Seitz;F. Erbe;P. Mayer

  • Ultrafine particle-lung interactions: does size matter?

    Unknown

  • Size dependence of the translocation of inhaled iridium and carbon nanoparticle aggregates from the lung of rats to the blood and secondary target organs

    Wolfgang G. Kreyling;Manuela Semmler-Behnke;Jürgen Seitz;Wilfried Scymczak

  • Deposition, retention, and translocation of ultrafine particles from the central airways and lung periphery.

    Unknown

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

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

  • Health implications of nanoparticles

    Unknown

  • Increased asthma medication use in association with ambient fine and ultrafine particles.

    S von Klot;G Wölke;T Tuch;J Heinrich

  • Efficient elimination of inhaled nanoparticles from the alveolar region: evidence for interstitial uptake and subsequent reentrainment onto airways epithelium.

    Manuela Semmler-Behnke;Shinji Takenaka;Steffanie Fertsch;Alexander Wenk

Frequent Co-Authors

Holger Schulz
Holger Schulz Universität Hamburg
Joachim Heinrich
Joachim Heinrich Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Annette Peters
Annette Peters Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Juha Pekkanen
Juha Pekkanen University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Günter Oberdörster
Günter Oberdörster University of Rochester
Bert Brunekreef
Bert Brunekreef Utrecht University
Thomas Tuch
Thomas Tuch Leibniz Association
Gerard Hoek
Gerard Hoek Utrecht University
Josef Cyrys
Josef Cyrys Helmholtz Zentrum München
Flemming R. Cassee
Flemming R. Cassee Utrecht University

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