Towards a nanorisk appraisal framework

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 637-647

  Senjen, Rye ^a   Hansen, Steffen Foss ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Metaphysical risk; Nanomaterials; Nanotechnology; Risk appraisal framework; Types of knowledge; Types of risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052875101     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2011.06.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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