Evaluation of exposure concentrations used in assessing manufactured nanomaterial environmental hazards: Are they relevant?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 10541-10551

  Holden, Patricia A ^a   Klaessig, Frederick ^a,c   Turco, Ronald F ^b   Priester, John H ^a   Rico, Cyren M ^a,d   Avila Arias, Helena ^b   Mortimer, Monika ^a   Pacpaco, Kathleen ^a   Gardea Torresdey, Jorge L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pennsylvania Bio Nano Systems   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIOAVAILABLE CONCENTRATIONS; BIOLOGICAL RECEPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; EXPOSURE CONCENTRATION; MANUFACTURED NANOMATERIALS; PREDICTED ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS;

BIOHAZARDS;

NANOMATERIAL; DANGEROUS GOODS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; LABORATORY METHOD; MANUFACTURING; MODEL VALIDATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; TOXICITY TESTING; ANALYSIS; DANGEROUS GOODS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84918587571     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es502440s     Document Type: Review

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