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Risk Management of Complex Inorganic Materials : A Practical Guide

Verougstraete, Violaine

Front Cover -- Risk Management of Complex Inorganic Materials: A Practical Guide -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- About the Editor -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 From Metals… -- 1.1.1 …To Complex Inorganic Materials -- 1.1.2 And Their Assessment… -- 1.2 Why This Book? -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 2: Sources of Exposure to Inorganic Complex Materials -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Occupational Exposure -- 2.2.1 Characteristics of Complex Inorganic Materials Affecting Exposure Assessment -- 2.2.1.1 The Issue of Variability -- 2.2.1.2 The Issue of Speciation -- 2.2.1.3 The Issue of Varying Emission Potential -- 2.2.1.4 To Summarise -- 2.2.2 Inhalation Exposure Assessment -- 2.2.2.1 Assessment Based on Monitoring Data -- 2.2.2.2 Inhalation Exposure Assessment Based on Analogous Data -- 2.2.2.3 Modelling of Inhalation Exposure -- 2.2.3 Dermal Exposure Assessment -- 2.2.4 Oral Exposure Assessment -- 2.3 Environmental Exposure -- 2.3.1 Environmental Release of Metal Ions From Complex Inorganic Materials -- 2.3.2 Use of Modelled and Measured Environmental Exposure Data -- 2.3.3 Bioavailability -- 2.4 Consumer Exposure -- 2.5 Man via the Environment -- 2.6 Can Exposure Be Prevented? -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 3: Mechanisms Underlying Toxicity of Complex Inorganic Materials -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Human Health -- 3.2.1 Main Mechanisms of Toxicity of Complex Inorganic Materials -- 3.2.2 Key Mechanistic Aspects to Consider When Managing the Human Health Risk of Complex Inorganic Materials -- 3.2.2.1 Generic Aspects -- 3.2.2.2 Specificities of Inorganic Materials -- Bioavailability and Water Solubility -- Speciation and Valence -- Particle Size -- Essentiality -- Possible Effect of Counterions -- Metallothionein -- Metal-Metal Interactions.