Ranking initial environmental and human health risk resulting from environmentally relevant nanomaterials

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 992-1007

  O'brien, Niall ^a   Cummins, Enda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Environmental risk; Human health risk; Nanomaterials; Risk ranking

Indexed keywords

BENCH MARKS; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; CRITICAL EFFECTS; DOSE RESPONSE; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL RISKS; END-POINTS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; IN-VITRO; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT; NANO SCALE; NANOMATERIAL; NOVEL MATERIALS; REGULATORY LIMIT; REGULATORY RISKS; RELATIVE RISKS; RISK LEVELS; RISK RANKING; TIO;

NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE WATERS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOXICITY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

CERIUM OXIDE; NANOMATERIAL; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; SURFACE WATER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; CERIC OXIDE; CERIUM; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILVER DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INGESTION; INHALATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 77955475867     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934521003772410     Document Type: Article

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