Multiple errors made by authors result in a huge overestimation of potential exposure to particles in the size range 10-30nm in TiO2 nanoparticle production facilities

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 183, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 954-955

  Tomenson, John Andrew ^a   Morfeld, Peter ^b  

^a Causation Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOTOXICITY; ERROR; FIBROBLAST; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE;

HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TITANIUM;

EID: 77956422343     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.06.117     Document Type: Letter

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