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Nanotechnology [electronic resource] : health and environmental risks / Jo Anne Shatkin

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Perspectives in nanotechnologyPublication details: Boca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, c2008Edition: 1st edDescription: xix, 167 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781420053630
  • 1420053639
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Nanotechnology.
Contents:
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
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Open Shelf Open Shelf UMPLIB GAMBANG T174.7 .S43 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0000035555

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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

Electronic reproduction. [Palo Alto, Calif.] : ebrary, 2008. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Title from title screen; description based on content as of Aug. 28, 2008. Access restricted to subscribing institution. Also available in print

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