Measurement strategies of airborne nanomaterials

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 126-132

  Ostraat, Michele L ^a   Thornburg, Jonathan W ^a   Malloy, Quentin G J ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

airborne nanomaterials; engineered nanomaterials; exposure assessment; sampling strategies

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERED NANOMATERIALS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; MEASUREMENT STRATEGIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SAMPLING STRATEGIES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL CHANGES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

AIRBORNE NANOMATERIAL; NANOMATERIAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INSTRUMENTATION; MASS; MEASUREMENT; MICROENVIRONMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW;

EID: 84874874727     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: 15579018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2012.0331     Document Type: Review

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