Modeling approaches for characterizing and evaluating environmental exposure to engineered nanomaterials in support of risk-based decision making

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1190-1205

  Hendren, Christine Ogilvie ^a,d   Lowry, Michael ^a   Grieger, Khara D ^a   Money, Eric S ^c,d   Johnston, John M ^b   Wiesner, Mark R ^c,d   Beaulieu, Stephen M ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL REVIEW; DATA GAP; DECISION MAKERS; DETERMINISTIC MODELS; ENGINEERED NANOMATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE MODELING; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; MODELING APPROACH; MODELING TECHNIQUE; RISK-BASED DECISIONS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOMATERIAL; SURFACE WATER;

BIOAVAILABILITY; DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BAYES THEOREM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; COLLOID; DECISION MAKING; DISPERSION; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD WEB; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HYDROLOGY; HYDROLYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTIMEDIA; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOLYSIS; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY; VOLATILIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84873459969     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es302749u     Document Type: Review

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