Opportunities and challenges of nanotechnology in the green economy

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Iavicoli, Ivo ^a   Leso, Veruscka ^a   Ricciardi, Walter ^a   Hodson, Laura L ^b   Hoover, Mark D ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Ecology; Engineered nanomaterials; Environmental risk; Green economy; Material science; Nanotechnology; Occupational health; Safety; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL;

CLEANUP; COLLECTIVE ACTION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GREEN ECONOMY; HEALTH AND SAFETY; INFRASTRUCTURE; NANOPARTICLE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BUILDING INDUSTRY; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREEN ECONOMY; HUMAN; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK COMMUNICATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CLEAN UP TECHNOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

EID: 84925229246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-13-78     Document Type: Review

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