Acknowledgments
This document was developed by the staff of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Paul A. Schulte, Ph.D., Director, Education and Information Division, had overall responsibility for the document. Major NIOSH contributors were Richard W. Niemeier, Ph.D. (project team leader), toxicologist; Barry R. Belinky, chemist; Lawrence F. Mazzuckelli, toxicologist; Mark A. Toraason, Ph.D., toxicologist; Kenneth Weber, Ph.D., toxicologist; David Weissman, M.D., clinical immunologist; Leslie T. Stayner, Ph.D., epidemiologist; and Robert Park, epidemiologist. NIOSH reviewers included Marilyn A. Fingerhut, Ph.D.; Gary Kent Hatfield, Ph.D.; Kay Kreiss, M.D.; Boris D. Lushniak, M.D.; Bonita D. Malit, M.D., M.P.H.; Leela Murthy, Ph.D.; Andrea Okun, Dr.P.H.; Lynne Pinkerton, M.D., M.P.H.; Kyle Steenland, Ph.D.; Marie Haring Sweeney, Ph.D.; and Mitch Singal, M.D., M.P.H.
Editorial review and camera copy production were provided by Vanessa Becks, Susan Feldmann, Anne C. Hamilton, Susan Kaelin, and Jane Weber. Erica Davis, Karen Dragon, Rose Hagedorn, and Kris Wasmund provided word processing.
We thank the following external peer reviewers for their contributions:
R.J. McCunney, M.D., M.P.H., American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), Arlington Heights, Illinois
W.J. Waddell, M.D., Professor and Chairman, Emeritus, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
M.B. Kent, Acting Director, Health Standards, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Washington, D.C.
L.E. Saltzman, Director, Division of Health Studies, Consumer Product Safety Commission
Mark R. Cullen, M.D., Director, Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
D.S. Rigel, M.D., President, American Academy of Dermatology, Schaumburg, Illinois
C.J. Schmidt, Assistant Director, Analytical Toxicology Core Laboratory, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
G.M. Marsh, Ph.D., Professor of Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
