Physicochemical and morphological characterisation of nanoparticles from photocopiers: Implications for environmental health

Nanotoxicology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 989-1003

  Bello, Dhimiter ^a   Martin, John ^a   Santeufemio, Christopher ^a   Sun, Qingwei ^b   Lee Bunker, Kristin ^c   Shafer, Martin ^d   Demokritou, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c RJ LEE GROUP   (United States)

^d WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental health; Nanoparticles; Nanotoxicology; Photocopiers; Printers; Toner

Indexed keywords

ELEMENT; IRON OXIDE; METAL; NANOPARTICLE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GENOTOXICITY; MORPHOLOGY; NANOTOXICOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROSOLS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; NANOPARTICLES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARTICLE SIZE; PRINTING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84880063946     PISSN: 17435390     EISSN: 17435404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17435390.2012.689883     Document Type: Article

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