TY - BOOK AU - Shatkin,Jo Anne ED - ebrary, Inc TI - Nanotechnology: health and environmental risks SN - 9781420053630 PY - 2008/// CY - Boca Raton PB - CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group KW - Nanotechnology KW - Risk assessment KW - Health aspects KW - Environmental aspects KW - Risk Assessment KW - Environmental Pollutants KW - toxicity KW - Occupational Exposure KW - adverse effects N1 - ON ORDER; 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 ER -