Ecotoxicity test methods and environmental hazard assessment for engineered nanoparticles

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 421-437

  Crane, Mark ^a   Handy, Richard D ^b   Garrod, John ^c   Owen, Richard ^b,d  

^a WCA ENVIRONMENT LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c Food and Rural Affairs   (United Kingdom)

^d ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicity; Environmental hazard assessment; Nanoparticle; REACH

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TOXICITY TEST;

ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NANOENGINEERING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; NANOPARTICLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 44449174966     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-008-0215-z     Document Type: Review

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