Risk Assessment Using Control Banding

Assessing Nanoparticle Risks to Human Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 139-166

  Zalk, David M ^a   Paik, Samuel Y ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CB Nanotool; Challenges related to the traditional industrial hygiene approach; Considerations for the nanotechnology industry; Field testing; Severity factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882480423     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4377-7863-2.00006-6     Document Type: Chapter

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