title: Tracing new occupational diseases in nano-workers.
abstract: Identifying new risks due to new technologies like nanotechnology is a process that involves many uncertainties in which a balance must be found between a dynamic and a careful approach. The challenge is to prevent any occupational damage to health without creating unnecessary concern.
authors.affiliation: Netherlands Centre for Occupational Diseases, Coronel Institute, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam 1018, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Gert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: van der Laan
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012308:Risk Management