Occupational exposure limits for nanomaterials: State of the art

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1971-1987

  Schulte, P A ^a   Murashov, V ^a   Zumwalde, R ^a   Kuempel, E D ^a   Geraci, C L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Control banding; Nanomaterials; Occupational safety and health; Regulation; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE EXPOSURE; ANIMAL STUDIES; CONTROL BANDING; CONTROL DATA; DOSE RESPONSE; ENGINEERED NANOMATERIALS; EXPOSURE LIMITS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NANO-MATERIALS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; QUALITATIVE APPROACH; QUANTITATIVE DATA; QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT METHOD; REGULATION; SAFE WORK PRACTICES; STATE OF THE ART; WORKPLACE EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; CARBON NANOTUBES; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOMATERIAL; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77955013262     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-010-0008-1     Document Type: Review

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