Exposure limits for nanoparticles: Report of an international workshop on nano reference values

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 515-524

  Van Broekhuizen, Pieter ^a   Van Veelen, Wim ^b   Streekstra, Willem Henk ^b   Schulte, Paul ^b   Reijnders, Lucas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Derived no effect levels; Nano reference values; Occupational exposure limits; Precautionary principle; Risk management

Indexed keywords

BINDING REGULATION; DERIVED NO-EFFECT LEVELS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; EXPOSURE LIMITS; GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITIES; INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS; MANUFACTURED NANOMATERIALS; MEDIUM SIZE ENTERPRISE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS; TIME-WEIGHTED AVERAGES; TRADE UNIONS;

COMMERCE; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

NANOPARTICLE;

AIR POLLUTANT; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EUROPE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDUSTRY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BRAZIL; EUROPE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INDIA; INDUSTRY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NANOPARTICLES; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863521154     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mes043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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