Research strategies for safety evaluation of nanomaterials, Part VIII: International efforts to develop risk-based safety evaluations for nanomaterials

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-32

  Thomas, Karluss ^a   Aguar, Pilar ^b   Kawasaki, Hajime ^c   Morris, Jeff ^d   Nakanishi, Junko ^c   Savage, Nora ^d  

^a ILSI HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanomaterial risk evaluation; Nanoscale material risk assessment; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUROPE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JAPAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 33745619214     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfj211     Document Type: Article

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