Environmental life cycle assessment of nanosilver-enabled bandages

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 361-368

  Pourzahedi, Leila ^a   Eckelman, Matthew J ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INCINERATION; LOADING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NANOPARTICLES; SILVER; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); WASTE INCINERATION;

ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES (AGNPS);

LIFE CYCLE;

FOSSIL FUEL; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; SURFACE WATER; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOMATERIAL; SILVER;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SILVER;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; DISSOCIATION; ECOTOXICITY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; EUTROPHICATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; OZONE DEPLETION; PACKAGING; SILVER DRESSING; SYNTHESIS; TEXTILE; BANDAGE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BANDAGES; ENVIRONMENT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; SILVER;

EID: 84924956138     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es504655y     Document Type: Article

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