SAFENANO's Top Risk Assessment Papers
The following reading list details what we consider to be some of the most informative papers available relating to toxicity of nanomaterials. This list will be updated regularly to ensure that we make the most up to date information available to our readers.
Further reports of relevance to this area in combination with other topics may be included in the Cross-cutting Reports list.
Aschberger, K., Johnston, H.J., Stone, V., Aitken, R.J., Hankin, S.M., Peters, S.A.K., Tran, L. & Christensen, F.M. 2010, "Review of carbon nanotubes toxicity and exposure – appraisal of human health risk assessment based on open literature", Critical Reviews in Toxicology, vol. 40, no. 9, pp. 759-790.
Aschberger, K., Johnston, H.J., Stone, V., Aitken, R.J., Tran, C.L., Hankin, S.M., Peters, S.A.K., Christensen, F.M., 2010. "Review of carbon nanotubes toxicity and exposure – appraisal of human health risk assessment based on open literature," Crit Rev Toxicol, vol. 40, no. 9, pp. 759-790.
Christensen, F.M., Johnston, H. J,. Stone, V., Aitken, R.J., Hankin, S., Peters S., and Aschberger, K. 2010, “Nano-TiO2 – feasibility and challenges for human health risk assessment based on open literature”, Nanotoxicology.
Christensen, F.M., Johnston, H.J., Stone, V., Aitken, R.J., Hankin, S., Peters, S., Aschberger, K., 2010. "Nano–silver - feasibility and challenges for human health risk assessment based on open literature," Nanotoxicology, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 284–295.
Savolainen, K., Alenius, H., Norppa, H., Pylkkänen, L., Tuomi, T., Kasper, G. 2010, "Risk assessment of engineered nanomaterials and nanotechnologies - a review," Toxicology, vol 269, no. 2-3, pp. 92-104.
Thomas, K., Aguar, P., Kawasaki, H., Morris, J., Nakanishi, J. & Savage, N. 2006, "Research strategies for safety evaluation of nanomaterials, Part VIII: International efforts to develop risk-based safety evaluations for nanomaterials", Toxicological Sciences, vol. 92, no. 1, pp. 23-32.
Wijnhoven, S.W.P, Peijnenburg, W.J.G.M., Herberts, C.A. et al. 2009, "Nano-silver - a review of available data and knowledge gaps in human and environmental risk assessment", Nanotoxicology, vol. 2, no.2, pp. 109-138.