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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an intergovernmental organization, is playing a critical global role in ensuring that emerging technologies, such as nanotechnology, are developed responsibly. This article describes OECD activities around occupational safety and health of nanotechnology and provides state-of-the-science overview resulting from an OECD workshop on exposure assessment and mitigation for nanotechnology workplace.
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Murashov, V., Engel, S., Savolainen, K. et al. Occupational safety and health in nanotechnology and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. J Nanopart Res 11, 1587–1591 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-009-9637-7
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