Exposure modeling of engineered nanoparticles in the environment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4447-4453

  Mueller, Nicole C ^a   Nowack, Bernd ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIFE CYCLE; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PRECIOUS METALS; SILVER;

EXPOSURE MODELING; LIFE CYCLE (LC);

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOPARTICLE; SILVER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILVER; TITANIUM;

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NANOCHEMISTRY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND; WATER ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; NANOPARTICLES;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 44949247432     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es7029637     Document Type: Article

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