Preface

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• Personal Author:
  Fadeel B ; Pietroiusti A ; Shvedova A
• Description:
  Should one ban aspirin? Most would say no-aspirin has helped to stave off disease in innumerable patients. Yet, this drug has also caused thousands of deaths due to gastrointestinal bleeding and severe disabilities due to hemorrhagic stroke. However, its benefits largely outweigh the costs of these adverse effects. In some way, this reasoning is even more true for engineered nanomaterials (ENM), if we consider that the enormous benefits to humans of their industrial and biomedical applications are certain, whereas their expected adverse effects are probable largely preventable. We have the duty, however, to develop a careful understanding of these effects in order to minimize them as much as possible. This book, focusing essentially on the disease potential of ENM, by examining systematically their possible effects on different organs and systems, on the basis of the experimental evidence and of plausible pathogenetic pathways, may provide a useful guide in this endeavor. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Toxicology
• Keywords:
  Biomedical Engineering Exposure Levels Health Effects Nanomaterials Nanotechnology Nanotoxicology Risk Factors Safety Measures
• ISBN:
  9780123869401
• Publisher:
  Elsevier Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052171
• Citation:
  Adverse effects of engineered nanomaterials: exposure, toxicology, and impact on human health. Fadeel B, Pietroiusti A, Shvedova A. eds. New York: Elsevier Inc., 2012 Feb; :ix-xi
• Editor(s):
  Fadeel B; Pietroiusti A; Shvedova A
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Adverse effects of engineered nanomaterials: exposure, toxicology, and impact on human health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211756/cdc_211756_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.39 MB ]