An Approach to Tentative Reference Levels Setting for Nanoparticles in the Workroom Air Based on Comparing Their Toxicity with That of Their Micrometric Counterparts: A Case Study of Iron Oxide Fe<sub><b>3</b></sub>O<sub><b>4</b></sub>

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Figure 3: An Approach to Tentative Reference Levels Setting for Nanoparticles in the Workroom Air Based on Comparing Their Toxicity with That of Their Micrometric Counterparts: A Case Study of Iron Oxide Fe<sub><b>3</b></sub>O<sub><b>4</b></sub> 

Figure 3 | An Approach to Tentative Reference Levels Setting for Nanoparticles in the Workroom Air Based on Comparing Their Toxicity with That of Their Micrometric Counterparts: A Case Study of Iron Oxide Fe3O4 