Tiered guidance for risk-informed environmental health and safety testing of nanotechnologies

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Collier, Zachary A ^a   Kennedy, Alan J ^a   Poda, Aimee R ^a   Cuddy, Michael F ^a   Moser, Robert D ^a   MacCuspie, Robert I ^b   Harmon, Ashley ^a   Plourde, Kenton ^a   Haines, Christopher D ^c   Steevens, Jeffery A ^a  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b FLORIDA POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c US Army ARDEC   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental health and safety; Hazard; Nano; Regulatory; Release; Risk

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; HAZARDS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RISKS;

CONSERVATIVE APPROACHES; ENGINEERED NANOMATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY; EXPOSURE POTENTIAL; NANO; REGULATORY; RELEASE; TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT;

SAFETY TESTING;

FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOTUBE; NANOWIRE; QUANTUM DOT; SILVER NANOPARTICLE;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLUORESCENCE; GRAIN; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEDIMENT; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84925321624     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-015-2943-3     Document Type: Article

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