An approach for environmental risk assessment of engineered nanomaterials using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and fuzzy inference rules

Environment International

Volumn 92-93, Issue , 2016, Pages 334-347

  Topuz, Emel ^a,b   van Gestel, Cornelis A M ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fuzzy numbers; Nanoparticles; Risk assessment; Silver; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY RULES; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE MINERALS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SILVER; SILVER COMPOUNDS; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; ENGINEERED NANOMATERIALS; ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLES; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; FUZZY INFERENCE MODEL; FUZZY NUMBERS; RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

NANOMATERIAL; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLE;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; NANOPARTICLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILVER; TITANIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FUZZY SYSTEM; LANDFILL; NANOENGINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SOIL POLLUTION; UNCERTAINTY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUZZY LOGIC; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FUZZY LOGIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84964545022     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.04.022     Document Type: Article

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