Environmental risks of nanotechnology: National nanotechnology initiative funding, 2000-2004

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1401-1407

  Guzmán, Katherine A Dunphy ^a,b   Taylor, Margaret R ^c   Banfield, Jillian F ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISKS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; TOXICITY;

ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLES; ENVIRONMENTAL NANOTECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; SPINTRONICS;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

CADMIUM; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBE; CERIUM; CERIUM OXIDE; COBALT; COPPER; HYDROXYAPATITE; METAL OXIDE; OXIDIZING AGENT; SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISKS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TOXICITY;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; INDUSTRY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NANOPARTICLE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; TOXICITY;

FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUPPORT; RISK; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 33644860072     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0515708     Document Type: Article

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