Analysis of currently available data for characterising the risk of engineered nanomaterials to the environment and human health - Lessons learned from four case studies

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1143-1156

  Aschberger, Karin ^a   Micheletti, Christian ^a   Sokull Klüttgen, Birgit ^a   Christensen, Frans M ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environment; Exposure; Hazard; Nanomaterials; Risk; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHEMICAL HAZARDS; DECISION MAKING; HAZARDS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RISKS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TOXICITY; YARN;

ENGINEERED NANOMATERIALS; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPEAN CHEMICALS AGENCY; EXPOSURE; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; INFORMATION REQUIREMENT; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

METAL; METAL OXIDE; NANOMATERIAL;

CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FULLERENE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ALGA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CARCINOGENICITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICITY; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; LUNG TOXICITY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SKIN TOXICITY; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGAE; DAPHNIA;

EID: 79958734438     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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