Nanoscale reference materials for environmental, health and safety measurements: Needs, gaps and opportunities

Nanotoxicology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1325-1337

  Stefaniak, Aleksandr B ^a   Hackley, Vincent A ^b   Roebben, Gert ^c   Ehara, Kensei ^d   Hankin, Steve ^e   Postek, Michael T ^b   Lynch, Iseult ^f   Fu, Wei En ^g   Linsinger, Thomas P J ^c   Thünemann, Andreas F ^h  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^e INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^g INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^h BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Characterisation; Engineered nanomaterials; Exposure; Nano objects; Nanoparticles; Nanotechnology; Physico chemical properties; Reference materials; Risk

Indexed keywords

GOLD; NANOMATERIAL; NANOOBJECT; NANOSCALE REFERENCE MATERIAL; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILVER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONDUCTANCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; HARDNESS; MAGNETISM; MEASUREMENT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CHEMICAL SAFETY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RISK; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84885452759     PISSN: 17435390     EISSN: 17435404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17435390.2012.739664     Document Type: Article

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