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RECORD NUMBER: 377 OF 658Main Title | Nanotechnology : health and environmental risks / | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Author | Shatkin, Jo Anne. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher | CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Published | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OCLC Number | 181069267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISBN | 9781420053630 (hardback : alk. paper); 1420053639 (hardback : alk. paper) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subjects | Nanotechnology--Risk assessment ; Nanotechnology--Health aspects ; Nanotechnology--Environmental aspects ; Nanotechnology ; Risk Assessment ; Environmental Pollutants--toxicity ; Occupational Exposure--adverse effects | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collation | xix, 167 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Notes | Introduction : assessing nanotechnology health and environmental risks -- Defining risk assessment and how it is used for environmental protection, and its potential role for managing nanotechnology risks -- Sustainable nanotechnology development using risk assessment and applying life cycle thinking -- The state of the science : human health, toxicology, and nanotechnological risk / Brenda E. Barry -- The state of the science : environmental risks -- NANO LCRA : an adaptive screening-level life cycle risk assessment framework for nanotechnology -- Alternative approaches for life cycle risk assessment for nanotechnology and comprehensive environmental assessment / Jo Anne Shatkin and J. Michael Davis -- Current and proposed approaches for managing risks in occupational environments / Brenda E. Barry -- Ongoing international efforts to address risk issues for nanotechnology. |