Patty's Industrial Hygiene, Physical and Biological Agents

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Amit Bhattacharya, Ph.D., CPE, Department of Environmental and Public Health Science, Kettering Laboratory, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA

Nancy C. Burton, Ph.D., MPH, MS, CIH, Guest Lecturer, Cincinnati, OH, USA

Allene H. Butler, MA, CIH, CSP, CHMM, Butler Health and Safety, San Pedro, CA, USA

David C. Byrne, Ph.D., CCC‐A, Division of Field Studies and Engineering, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH, USA

Herman Cember, Ph.D., PE, CHP, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA

Augusto Dulanto Chiang, MD, Bacterial Pathogenesis and Antimicrobial Resistance Unit, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

Jesse Cooper, MSc, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, Vancouver, Canada

Kermit Davis, Ph.D., CPE, Department of Environmental and Public Health Science, Kettering Laboratory, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA

Kenneth R. Foster, Ph.D., PE, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Frank J. Hearl, Office of the Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, DC, USA

Ingvar Holmér, Ph.D., Lunds Universitet, Faculty of Engineering, Lund, Sweden

John Howard, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, DC, USA

Hongwei Hsiao, Division of Safety Research, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV, USA

Tiina M. Ikäheimo, Ph.D., University of Oulu, Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health, Oulu, Finland

Jouni J.K. Jaakkola, MD, Ph.D., University of Oulu, Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health, Oulu, Finland

Thomas E. Johnson, Ph.D., CHP, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA

Susan Kotowski, Ph.D., CPE, Department of Rehabilitation, Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, University of Cincinnati College of Allied Health Sciences, Cincinnati, OH, USA

Kalev Kuklane, Ph.D., Lund University, Department of Design Sciences, Division of Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology, Lund, Sweden

Michael D. Larrañaga, Ph.D., PE, CIH, FAIHA, R.E.M. Risk Consultants, LLC

Brian Lowe, Division of Field Studies and Engineering, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH, USA

George Luxbacher, Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Atlanta, GA, USA

Kevin L. Michael, Ph.D., Michael & Associates, Inc, State College, PA, USA

Vladimir Murashov, Office of the Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, DC, USA

Christopher M. Nelson, BSc (Hons), Ph.D., MIOA, Finch Consulting Ltd., Leicestershire, UK

Tara N. Palmore, MD, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

Margaret L. Phillips, Ph.D., CIH, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

Claude A. Piantadosi, MD, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Tiina Reponen, Ph.D., Department of Environmental and Public Health Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA

John Sammarco, Pittsburgh Mining Research Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Mona Shum, MSc, CIH, Aura Health and Safety Corporation, Burnaby, Canada

David H. Sliney, Ph.D., Laser/Optical Radiation Program, US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, USA; Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA

Richard A. Tell, MSc, Richard Tell Associates, Inc., Madison, AL, USA