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This document was developed by the NIOSH Division of Applied Research and Technology (DART), Gregory Lotz, PhD, Director. Jennifer L. Topmiller, MS, was the project officer for this document, assisted in great part by Kevin H. Dunn, ScD, CIH. Other members of DART instrumental in the production of this document include Scott Earnest, PhD, PE, CSP; Liming Lo, PhD; Ron Hall, MS, CIH, CSP; Mike Gressel, PhD, CSP; Alan Echt, DrPh, CIH; and William Heitbrink, PhD, CIH (contractor). Elizabeth Fryer also provided writing and editing support in the initial stages.

The authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions of the following NIOSH personnel who assisted with the technical content and review of the document.

Division of Respiratory Disease Studies

Stephen B. Martin, Jr., MS, PE

Education and Information Division Charles Geraci, PhD, CIH

Laura Hodson, MSPH, CIH

Health Effects Laboratory Division

Bean T. Chen, PhD

National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory

Pengfei Gao, PhD, CIH

Office of the Director

Paul Middendorf, PhD, CIH

The authors also wish to thank Cathy Rotunda, EdD, Brenda J. Jones, and Vanessa Williams for their assistance with editing and layout for this report. Cover photographs are courtesy of Quantum Sphere, Inc. and Bon-ki Ku, PhD, of NIOSH.

Special appreciation is expressed to the following who served as independent, external reviewers. Their input contributed greatly to the improvement of this document. Keith Swain, DuPont, Wilmington, Delaware

Richard Prodans, CIH, CSP, Abbott, Abbott Park, Illinois

John Weaver, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

Gurumurthy Ramachandran, PhD, CIH, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Phil Demokritou, PhD, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts