Health hazards of nanomaterials: Anxiety versus science

Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanomaterials

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 219-233

  Gebel, Thomas ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

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HEALTH HAZARDS;

EID: 84912566833     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4032/9789814364867     Document Type: Chapter

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