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Hanna L Karlsson1, Pontus Cronholm, Yolanda Hedberg

  • 1Division of Molecular Toxicology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Keywords:
1-hexadecanoyl-2-(9Z-octadecenoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phospho-(1‘-rac-glycerol)1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-L-serine1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholineAASCell membraneCopperDLSDMEMDulbecco's Modified Eagle's mediumEDSEELSHemoglobinINTLDHLactate dehydrogenaseMetal releaseNanoparticlesPCCSPOPCPOPGPOPSPhoton Cross Correlation SpectroscopyQCM-DSTEMTEMToxicityX-ray diffractionX-ray photoelectron spectroscopyXPSXRDatomic absorption spectroscopydynamic light scatteringelectron energy-loss spectrometryenergy dispersive spectroscopyiodonitrotetrazoliumquartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoringscanning transmission electron microscopytransmission electron microscopy

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