European regulation affecting nanomaterials - review of limitations and future recommendations

Dose-Response

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 364-383

  Hansen, Steffen Foss ^a   Baun, Anders ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cosmetics; European legislation; Food laws; Nanomaterials; Pharmaceutical regulation; REACH; Waste directives; Worker safety directives

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEVICE SAFETY; DRUG LEGISLATION; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD SAFETY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LAW; MEDICAL DEVICE; METHODOLOGY; NANOANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84865580051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15593258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2203/dose-response.10-029.Hansen     Document Type: Article

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