Approaches to safe nanotechnology : managing the health and safety concerns associated with engineered nanomaterials.

Format Electronic
Publication InfoCincinnati, Ohio : Dept. of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2009.
Description1 online resource (104 unnumbered pages) : illustrations (some color).
Supplemental Contenthttps://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS117297
Subjects

Other author/creatorHodson, Laura.
Other author/creatorMethner, Mark M.
Other author/creatorZumwalde, Ralph D.
Other author/creatorNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
SeriesDHHS (NIOSH) publication ; no. 2009-125
DHHS publication no. (NIOSH) 2009-125. ^A8861
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Purpose -- 3. Scope -- 4. Descriptions and definitions -- 5. Potential health concerns -- 6. Potential safety hazards -- 7. Exposure assessment and characterization -- 8. Guidelines for working with engineered nanomaterials -- 9. Occupational health surveillance -- 10. Research needs -- References -- Sources of additional information -- Appendix [Nanoparticle emission assessment technique for identification of sources and releases of engineered nanomaterials]
General noteTitle from title screen (viewed Dec. 4, 2009).
General note"March 2009."
General note"This report was developed by the scientists and staff of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) who participate in the NIOSH Nanotechnology Research Center (NTRC). Paul Schulte is the manager and Charles Geraci, coordinator of the NIOSH NORA nanotechnology cross-sector program. Special thanks go to Ralph Zumwalde and Laura Hodson for writing and organizing the report and to Mark Methner for the development of the Appendix: Nanoparticle Emission Assessment Technique for Identification of Sources and Releases of Engineered Nanomaterials." - p. xiii
General noteGPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 59-69, 82).
Issued in other formPrint version: Approaches to safe nanotechnology xiii, 86 p.
GPO item number0504 (online)
Govt. docs number HE 20.7002:N 15

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