Airborne monitoring to distinguish engineered nanomaterials from incidental particles for environmental health and safety

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 73-81

  Peters, Thomas M ^a,c   Elzey, Sherrie ^b   Johnson, Ronald ^a   Park, Heaweon ^c   Grassian, Vicki H ^b,c   Maher, Tabitha ^d   O'Shaughnessy, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b IA United States   (United States)

^c E11 SSH   (United States)

^d Altair Nanotechnologies Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineered; Exposure; Health; Incidental; Nanoparticle; Respirable

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; METAL OXIDE; NANOMATERIAL; TITANIUM;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FILTRATION; MATERIALS HANDLING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SAFETY; TITANIUM; WELDING;

EID: 57349188965     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620802590058     Document Type: Article

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