Towards a definition of inorganic nanoparticles from an environmental, health and safety perspective

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 634-641

  Auffan, Mélanie ^a,c   Rose, Jérme ^a,b,c   Bottero, Jean Yves ^a,b,c   Lowry, Gregory V ^a,c,d   Jolivet, Jean Pierre ^a,c,e   Wiesner, Mark R ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CEREGE   (France)

^c Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology ICEINT   (France)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; PARTICLE SIZE;

BULK COUNTERPART; BULK SAMPLES; ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLES; ENVIRONMENTAL , HEALTH AND SAFETIES; INORGANIC NANOPARTICLE; MAKING DECISION; SIZE DEPENDENT;

NANOPARTICLES;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; GOLD; INORGANIC COMPOUND; IRON OXIDE; METAL; METAL OXIDE; NANOPARTICLE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SILVER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADSORPTION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISSOLUTION; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 70350662344     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2009.242     Document Type: Review

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