Techniques and Protocols for Dispersing Nanoparticle Powders in Aqueous Media - Is there a Rationale for Harmonization?

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part B: Critical Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 299-326

  Hartmann, Nanna B ^a,b   Jensen, Keld Alstrup ^c   Baun, Anders ^a   Rasmussen, Kirsten ^b   Rauscher, Hubert ^b   Tantra, Ratna ^d   Cupi, Denisa ^a   Gilliland, Douglas ^b   Pianella, Francesca ^b   Riego Sintes, Juan M ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^d NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONSENSUS; DISPERSION; ECOTOXICITY; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NANOENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION; POWDER; SCIENTIST; TOXICITY TESTING; ANALYSIS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84949530102     PISSN: 10937404     EISSN: 15216950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10937404.2015.1074969     Document Type: Article

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