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Correction to: Particle toxicology and health - where are we?

Particle and Fibre Toxicology volume 16, Article number: 26 (2019) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 23 April 2019

Correction to: Part Fibre Toxicol

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12989-019-0302-8

After the publication of this article [1] it was highlighted that the number of deaths related to natural disasters was incorrectly reported in the second paragraph of section Hazards from Natural particulates and the evolution of the biosphere. This correction article shows the correct and incorrect statement. This correction does not change the idea presented in the article that from an evolutionary view point, natural disasters account only for a small fraction of deaths on the planet. The original article has been updated.

Corrected statement:

In comparison, today natural disasters account for less than 1 death per million inhabitants per year.

Incorrect statement:

In comparison, today natural disasters account for some 375 million deaths per year.

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  1. Riediker M, et al. Particle toxicology and health - where are we? Part Fibre Toxicol. 2019;16:19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12989-019-0302-8.

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  1. Swiss Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health (SCOEH), Binzhofstrasse 87, CH-8404, Winterthur, Switzerland

    Michael Riediker

  2. Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore

    Daniele Zink

  3. Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Center Munich – German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Munich, Germany

    Wolfgang Kreyling

  4. Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA

    Günter Oberdörster & Alison Elder

  5. University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

    Uschi Graham

  6. School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

    Iseult Lynch

  7. Department of Biosciences, Allergy Cancer BioNano Research Centre, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

    Albert Duschl

  8. Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan

    Gaku Ichihara & Masakazu Umezawa

  9. Jichi Medical University, Simotsuke, Japan

    Sahoko Ichihara

  10. National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba-City, Japan

    Takahiro Kobayashi

  11. Aichi Gakusen University, Okazaki, Japan

    Naomi Hisanaga

  12. National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Tsun-Jen Cheng

  13. School of Biological Sciences, Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK

    Richard Handy

  14. National Institute for Occupational Health and Haematology and Molecular Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Mary Gulumian

  15. Science and Technology Policy Institute, Washington, DC, USA

    Sally Tinkle

  16. National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands

    Flemming Cassee

  17. Institute for Risk Assessment Studies (IRAS), Utrrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Flemming Cassee

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Riediker, M., Zink, D., Kreyling, W. et al. Correction to: Particle toxicology and health - where are we?. Part Fibre Toxicol 16, 26 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12989-019-0308-2

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