Environmental regulation of nanotechnology and the TSCA

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 48-56

  Wardak, Ahson ^a   Gorman, Michael E ^a   Swami, Nathan ^a   Rejeski, Dave ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RISK ANALYSIS;

CONSTANT MONITORING; ENVIRONMETAL REGULATION; PROACTIVE RISK REGULATION;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 34548582196     PISSN: 02780097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MTAS.2007.4295056     Document Type: Article

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