Occurrence, behavior and effects of nanoparticles in the environment

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-22

  Nowack, Bernd ^a   Bucheli, Thomas D ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Analysis; Colloids; Ecotoxicity; Engineered nanoparticles; Environmental behavior; Risk assessment; Soot

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLLOIDS; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOOT; TOXICITY;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLES; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARTICLE MOBILITY;

NANOPARTICLES;

ADSORBENT; CARBON; FULLERENE; NANOPARTICLE; WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COLLOID; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERSISTENCE; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOOT;

COLLOID; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POLLUTANT; POROSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOOT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; NANOPARTICLES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 35348852487     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.06.006     Document Type: Review

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