Integrating legal liabilities in nanomanufacturing risk management

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 7955-7962

  Mohan, Mayank ^a,b   Trump, Benjamin D ^a,e   Bates, Matthew E ^a   Monica, John C ^d   Linkov, Igor ^a,c  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b Loyola Law School Los Angeles   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Porter Wright Morris and Arthur LLP   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL LIABILITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE; LEGAL LIABILITY; LEGAL RISKS; LEGISLATIVE BODIES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; NANO-MANUFACTURING; NANOMATERIAL; NANOSCALE TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ON CURRENTS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE ESTIMATE; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNICAL ADVANCEMENT;

DECISION THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; HEALTH RISKS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PRODUCT LIABILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HOLISTIC APPROACH; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION THEORY; EMPIRICISM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL , HEALTH AND SAFETY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; KNOWLEDGE; LEGAL ASPECT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NANOFABRICATION; PHILOSOPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STANDARD; UNCERTAINTY;

LIABILITY, LEGAL; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84864722918     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3003266     Document Type: Article

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