Nanoparticles, human health hazard and regulation

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Seaton, Anthony ^a,b   Tran, Lang ^a   Aitken, Robert ^a   Donaldson, Kenneth ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Measurement; Nanoparticles; Regulation; Toxicological hazard

Indexed keywords

HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; TOXICITY;

HUMAN EXPOSURES; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NEW SCIENCE; PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES; POTENTIAL EXPOSURE; PRACTICAL METHOD; REGULATION; SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE; TOXICOLOGICAL HAZARDS;

NANOPARTICLES;

ASBESTOS; NANOPARTICLE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; ATHEROMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMBUSTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LAW; LUNG FIBROSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERMODYNAMICS; WORKPLACE; ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; TOXICOLOGY;

AEROSOLS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 77951903853     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0252.focus     Document Type: Review

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