Risk assessment principle for engineered nanotechnology: In food and drug

Toxicological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 73-79

  Hwang, Myungsil ^a   Lee, Eun Ji ^a   Kweon, Se Young ^a   Park, Mi Sun ^a   Jeong, Ji Yoon ^a   Um, Jun Ho ^a   Kim, Sun Ah ^a   Han, Bum Suk ^b   Lee, Kwang Ho ^a   Yoon, Hae Jung ^a  

^a Korea Food and Drug Administration   (South Korea)

^b Hoseo University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Nanomaterials; Nanoproducts; Research roadmap; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865648135     PISSN: 19768257     EISSN: 22342753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5487/TR.2012.28.2.073     Document Type: Article

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