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Erratum to: Reduction of pulmonary toxicity of metal oxide nanoparticles by phosphonate-based surface passivation

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After the publication of this work [1] it was noticed that Acknowledgement statement was incorrect. The original statement reads: This work was supported by the grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31671032; 31,570,899), and a project funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD). R.L. is supported by the recruitment program of Global Youth Experts of China. However the correct Acknowledgement statement should read as:

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  1. Cai X, Lee A, Ji Z, Huang C, Chang CH, Wang X, et al. Reduction of pulmonary toxicity of metal oxide nanoparticles by phosphonate-based surface passivation. Part Fibre Toxicol. 2017;14:13.

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This work was supported by the grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31671032; 31570899), and a project funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD). This study is also supported by the National Science Foundation and the Environmental Protection Agency under Award No. DBI-1266377, and U.S. Public Health Service Grant, R01 ES016746. R.L. is supported by the recruitment program of Global Youth Experts of China.

The correction to the Acknowledgements does not affect any of the experimental results, discussions or conclusions reported in this paper.

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The online version of the original article can be found under doi:10.1186/s12989-017-0193-5

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Cai, X., Lee, A., Ji, Z. et al. Erratum to: Reduction of pulmonary toxicity of metal oxide nanoparticles by phosphonate-based surface passivation. Part Fibre Toxicol 14, 33 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12989-017-0216-2

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