List of Contributors
JAN AASETH, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor Department of Medicine, Innlandet
Hospital Trust and Hedmark University College,
Kongsvinger, Norway
PETER AGGETT, M.Sc., FRCPCH
Honorary Professor, Medical School, Lancaster
University, Lancaster, UK
ANTERO AITIO, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Finnish Institute of Occupational
Health, Helsinki, Finland
JAN ALEXANDER, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Deputy Director-General, Norwegian
Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
SHEGUFTA AMEER, M.Sc.
Division of Occupational and Environmental
Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
CHRISTIAN B.I. ANDERSEN, CAND. SCIENT.
Biologist, Department of Environmental Affairs,
Team Nature, Municipality of Kerteminde,
Kerteminde, Denmark
OLE ANDERSEN, Dr. MeD
Professor, Department of Science, Systems, and
Models, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
PIETRO APOSTOLI, M.D.
Professor, Unit of Occupational Health and Industrial
Hygiene, Department of Medical and Surgical
Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public
Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
MICHAEL ASCHNER, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert
Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
FARIDA LOUISE ASSEM, Ph.D.
Senior Toxicologist, ToxMinds B.V.B.A., Brussels,
Belgium
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LARS BARREGÅRD, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Physician and Professor, Department of
Occupational and Environmental Medicine,
Sahlgrenska University Hospital and Academy,
Gothenburg, Sweden
DAVID C. BELLINGER, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical
School, and Professor in the Department of
Environmental Health at the Harvard School
of Public Health, Boston Children’s Hospital,
Boston, MA, USA
INGVAR A. BERGDAHL, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Occupational Medicine,
Department of Public Health and Clinical
Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
MATHS BERLIN, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Environmental Medicine, Lund
University, Lund, Sweden
BALÁZS BERLINGER, Ph.D.
Senior Engineer, National Institute of Occupational
Health, Oslo, Norway
ALFRED BERNARD, Ph.D.
Professor, Louvain Centre for Toxicology and Applied
Pharmacology, Brussels, Belgium
CAROLINA BIGERT, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Physician, Institute of Environmental
Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm,
Sweden
POUL BJERREGAARD, Ph.D.
Professor of Ecotoxicology, Institute of Biology,
University of Southern Denmark, Odense,
Denmark
ROBYN BLAIN, M.S., Ph.D.
Technical Specialist, ICF International, Fairfax, VA,
USA
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KARIN BROBERG, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental
Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm,
Sweden
JASON BROCATO
Department of Environmental Medicine, NYU School
of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
RONALD P. BROWN
Toxicologist, Laboratory of Toxicology and
Biocompatibility, CDRH Office of Science and
Engineering Laboratories, US FDA, Silver Spring,
MD, USA
ESBEN BUDTZ-JØRGENSEN, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Section of Biostatistics, University of Copenhagen,
Copenhagen, Denmark
SAMUEL W. CAITO, Ph.D.
Department of Pediatrics, Medical Center North,
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville,
TN, USA
SIMONA CATALANI, Ph.D.
Unit of Occupational Health and Industrial
Hygiene, Department of Medical and Surgical
Specialities, Radiological Science and Public
Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
C.-J. CHEN, Sc.D.
M.P.H.Genomics Research Center, Taipei, Taiwan
C.-H. SELENE J. CHOU, Ph.D.
Division of Toxicology and Human Health Sciences
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry,
Atlanta, GA, USA
MAX COSTA, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman, Department of
Environmental Medicine, NYU School of Medicine,
New York, NY, USA
TODD DAVIDSON, Ph.D., DABT
Manager—EHS, Environmental/Occupational
Toxicologist, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
JOHN W. EATON, Ph.D., MDHc
Professor, Deputy Director, James Graham Brown
Cancer, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
ALISON ELDER, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental
Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester,
NY, USA
CARL-GUSTAF ELINDER, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Head of Department of Evidence-Based
Medicine, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm,
and Professor of Renal Medicine, Karolinska
Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
DAG G. ELLINGSEN, M.D., Ph.D.
Head of Department, Department of Chemical and
Biological Work Environment, National Institute of
Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway
HISHAM A. EL-MASRI
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry,
Computational Toxicology Laboratory, Division of
Toxicology, Atlanta, GA, USA
KARIN ENGSTRÖM, Ph.D.
Division of Occupational and Environmental
Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
BENGT FADEEL, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Nanosafety & Nanomedicine Laboratory,
Division of Molecular Toxicology, Institute of
Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet,
Stockholm, Sweden
OBAID M. FAROON, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry,
Division of Toxicology and Environmental
Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
BRUCE A. FOWLER, Ph.D., A.T.S.
Adjunct Professor, Rollins School of Public Health,
Emory University, Atlanta, GA, and Presidents
Rotating Professor, Center for Alaska Native
Health Research, University of Alaska Fairbanks,
Fairbanks, AK, USA
SILVIA FUSTINONI, Ph.D.
Professor, Laboratory of Toxicology, Department
of Clinical Sciences and Community Health,
University of Milano and Fondazione IRCCS Ca’
Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano,
Italy
LARS GERHARDSSON, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chief Physician, Occupational and
Environmental Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy
and University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
PHILIPPE GRANDJEAN, M.D., D.M.Sc.
Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine,
Institute of Public Health, University of Southern
Denmark, DK-5000 Odense, Denmark
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PER GUSTAVSSON, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Institute of Environmental Medicine,
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
JAMES S. HOLLER, Ph.D.
Program Leader, Division of Toxicology and
Environmental Medicine, Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta,
GA, USA
PER HULTMAN, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Division of Molecular and
Immunological Pathology, Department of Clinical
and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health
Sciences, Linköping University, and Pathology
Clinic, Östergötland County Council, Linköping,
Sweden
IVO IAVICOLI, M.D., Ph.D.
Division of Occupational Medicine, Institute of Public
Health Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Roma,
Italy
ANDERS IREGREN, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Toxicological Risk Assessment,
Swedish Work Environment Authority, Stockholm,
Sweden
MAREK JAKUBOWSKI, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Chemical Hazards, Nofer
Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz,
Poland
TAIYI JIN, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Occupational Health, School
of Public Health, Fudan University (Shanghai
Medical University), Shanghai, PR China
ROBERT L. JONES
National Center for Environmental Health, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA,
USA
HANNA L. KARLSSON, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Nanosafety & Nanomedicine
Laboratory, Division of Molecular Toxicology,
Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska
Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
GEORGE KAZANTZIS, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor CCET, Imperial College of Science,
Technology and Medicine (retired), London, UK
QINDONG KE, Ph.D.
Keller and Heckman LLP, Washington, DC, USA
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LARRY S. KEITH, M.S., CHP
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry,
Division of Toxicology and Environmental
Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
MIRJA KIILUNEN, Ph.D., DOCENT
Chief Specialist, Finnish Institute of Occupational
Health, Helsinki, Finland
YANGHO KIM, M.D., MPH, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Occupational and
Environmental Medicine, Ulsan University
Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine,
Dong-Gu, Ulsan, South Korea
CATHERINE KLEIN, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Medicine, NYU School
of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
MICHAEL KLEINMAN
Department of Medicine, Division of Environmental
and Occupational Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA
DAVID KOTELCHUCK, Ph.D., MPH, CIH
Professor Emeritus, Hunter College, City University
of New York, New York, NY, USA
YUKINORI KUSAKA, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Environmental Health, School
of Medicine, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
PHILIP J. LANDRIGAN, M.D., M.Sc.
Professor, Department Preventive Medicine, Icahn
School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY,
USA
SVERRE LANGÅRD, M.D., M.Sc.
Department of Occupational & Environmental
Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo,
Norway
FREDA LAULICHT
Department of Environmental Medicine, New York
University School of Medicine, Tuxedo, NY, USA
PER E. LEFFLER, Ph.D. (MED. DR)
Associate Professor, Deputy Research Director, Effects
on Health and Environment, Division of CBRN
Defence and Security, Swedish Research Defence
Agency, FOI, Umeå, Sweden
VERUSCKA LESO, M.D.
Division of Occupational Medicine, Institute of Public
Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore,
Roma, Italy
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DOMINIQUE LISON, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Louvain Centre for Toxicology and Applied
Pharmacology, Brussels, Belgium
ROBERTO G. LUCCHINI, M.D.
Professor, Occupational Medicine, University of
Brescia, Brescia, Italy, and Professor, Preventive
Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New
York, NY, USA
NIKKI MAPLES-REYNOLDS, M.Sc.
Independent consultant, USA
DAPHNE B. MOFFETT, Ph.D., CAPT, USPHS
Associate Director for Science, CDC-Tanzania, and
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry,
Division of Toxicology and Environmental
Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
LISBETH BIRK MØLLER, Ph.D., CAPT, USPHS
Associate Director for Science, CDC-Tanzania, Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania
JOHAN MONTELIUS, M.D., Ph.D.
Toxicological Risk Assessment, Swedish Work
Environment Authority, Stockholm, Sweden
MOIZ M. MUMTAZ, Ph.D.
Science Advisor, Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry, Division of Toxicology and
Human Health Sciences, Atlanta, GA, USA
KOJI NOGAWA, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Graduate School of Medicine,
Department of Occupational Environmental
Medicine, Chiba University School of Medicine,
Chiba, Japan
GUNNAR F. NORDBERG, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Occupational and Environmental
Medicine, Department of Public Health and
Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå,
Sweden
MONICA NORDBERG, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita, Institute of Environmental
Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm,
Sweden
AGNETA OSKARSSON, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences and
Veterinary Public Health, Swedish University of
Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
ELENA A. OSTRAKHOVICH, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry, Western University,
London, ON, Canada
CEZARY PAŁCZYŃSKI
Clinic of Occupational Medicine, Nofer Institute of
Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland
K. MICHAEL POLLARD, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and
Experimental Medicine, Scripps Research Institute,
La Jolla, CA, USA
PREM PONKA, M.D., Ph.D., F.C.M.A.
Professor, Departments of Physiology and Medicine,
McGill University, and Lady Davis Institute for
Medical Research, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish
General Hospital Mc Gill University, Montreal, QC,
Canada
CANDACE M. PRUSIEWICZ, M.S., Ph.D.
Industrial Hygiene Consultant, North
Carolina Department of Environment and
Natural Resources, Division of Air Quality,
Raleigh, NC, USA
PATRICIA RUIZ, Ph.D.
Computational Toxicology Laboratory, Division
of Toxicology and Human Health Sciences
(DTHHS), Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry (ATSDR), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta,
GA, USA
HAROLD H. SANDSTEAD, M.D.
Professor Emeritus, Division of Human Nutrition,
Department of Preventive Medicine & Community
Health, The University of Texas Medical Branch,
Galveston, TX, USA
TIINA SANTONEN, M.D., Ph.D.
Work Environment Development, Chemical Safety,
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki,
Finland
MARKO ŠARIĆ, M.D., Ph.D.
Member of the Academy, Croatian Academy of
Sciences and Arts, Zagreb, Croatia
KAZUHIRO SATO, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental
Health, School of Medicine, University of Fukui,
Fukui Japan
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HIROSHI SATOH, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University, and
Commissioner, Food Safety Commission, Cabinet
Office, Government of Japan, Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan
MARY J. SEXTON, Ph.D.
Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine
(retired), Henry Jackson Foundation, Bethesda,
MD, USA
BENGT SJÖGREN, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Researcher, Work Environment Toxicology,
Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska
Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
STAFFAN SKERFVING, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Occupational
and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital,
Lund, Sweden
DONALD R. SMITH, Ph.D.
Professor, Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology,
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
DEXTER W. SULLIVAN Jr., M.S.
Gad Consulting Services, Cary, NC, USA
JONAS TALLKVIST, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences and
Veterinary Public Health, Swedish University of
Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
MILTON TENENBEIN, M.D.
Professor, Department of Pediatrics and
Pharmacology, University of Manitoba Children’s
Hospital, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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MUHAMMET S. TOPRAK
Associate Professor, Functional Materials
Division, Department of Materials and Nano
Physics, Royal Institute of Technology,
Stockholm, Sweden
CAROLYN TYLENDA, M.S., D.M.D., Ph.D.
Guest Researcher, Division of Toxicology
and Human Health Services, Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta,
GA, USA
TOMOHIRO UMEMURA, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Departments of Hygiene,
School of Medicine, Aichi Medical University,
Aichi and Environmental Health, School of
Medicine, School of Medicine, University of
Fukui, Fukui, Japan
RICHARD P. WEDEEN, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, and Professor of Preventive
Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers
University, the New Jersey Medical School,
Newark, NJ, USA
ROBERT A. YOKEL, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical
Sciences and Graduate Center for Toxicology,
University of Kentucky Medical Center,
Lexington, KY, USA
RUDOLFS K. ZALUPS, Ph.D.
Professor, Division of Basic Medical Sciences,
Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon,
GA, USA