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Occupational Medicine 2006 56(5):294; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql049
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© The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Occupational Medicine. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

IN-DEPTH REVIEW

Nanotechnology and the occupational physician: introduction

Anthony Seaton

Correspondence to: Anthony Seaton. E-mail: a.seaton{at}abdn.ac.uk

By now, few people can have missed the interest expressed in the media in nanotechnology. What does this term imply? How will it affect our lives? What potential does it have for harm as well as good? Will it affect the work of occupational physicians? As with any new technologies, such as new chemical processes and genetic modification of organisms, occupational physicians may unexpectedly find themselves in the front-line advising industry on worker protection, interpretation of regulations or even the safety of the population and general environment. This series of short papers [1–4] is intended to inform readers of the journal about the history and wide-ranging scope of nanotechnology, its current status in the UK, lessons from its use in drug discovery and possible hazards and how they might impact on the work of occupational physicians.


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  1. Whatmore RW. Nanotechnology—what is it? Should we be worried? Occupational Medicine 2006;56:295–299.[Abstract/Free Full Text]

  2. Aitken RJ, Chaudhry MQ, Boxall ABA, Hull M. Manufacture and use of nanomaterials: current status in the UK and global trends Occupational Medicine 2006;56:300–306.[Abstract/Free Full Text]

  3. Garnett MC, Kallinteri P. Nanomedicines and nanotoxicology: some physiological principles. Occupational Medicine 2006;56:307–311.[Abstract/Free Full Text]

  4. Seaton A. Nanotechnology and the occupational physician. Occupational Medicine 2006;56:312–316.[Abstract/Free Full Text]


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