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The Hierarchy of Environmental Health and Safety Practices in the U.S. Nanotechnology Workplace

Cassandra D. Engeman Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA; NSF Center for Nanotechnology in Society, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA; UC Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA
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Lynn Baumgartner UC Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA; Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA
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Benjamin M. Carr UC Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA; Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA
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Allison M. Fish UC Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA; Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA
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John D. Meyerhofer UC Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA; Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA
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Terre A. Satterfield NSF Center for Nanotechnology in Society, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA; UC Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA; Institute for Resources, the Environment, and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Patricia A. Holden UC Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA; Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA
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Barbara Herr Harthorn NSF Center for Nanotechnology in Society, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA; UC Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA; Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA
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Pages 487-495 | Published online: 08 Aug 2013

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