The challenges of adopting voluntary health, safety and environment measures for manufactured nanomaterials: Lessons from the past for more effective adoption in the future

Nanotechnology Law and Business

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 341-359

  Hansen, Steffen Foss ^a   Tickner, Joel A ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; HEALTH CARE; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

AGENCY GUIDANCE; SAFETY INFORMATION; STAKEHOLDERS; VOLUNTARY ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS (VEP);

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 44449148481     PISSN: 15462080     EISSN: 15462080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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