Cancer Risk Assessment (eBook)

CHING-HUNG HSU, PhD, DABT, is a Vice President at TaiGen Biotechnology Co., Ltd. His professional experience includes positions at Merck & Co., Inc., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the California Environmental Protection Agency. Dr. Hsu earned his BS from the National Taiwan University and PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He completed his postdoctoral training at the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Hsu is board-certified in toxicology by the American Board of Toxicology. He has published numerous professional papers, book chapters, and technical reports. Dr. Hsu serves on the Editorial Board of two international peer-reviewed journals. TODD STEDEFORD, PhD, JD, DABT, is a Toxicology Advisor and In-house Counsel for a multinational specialty chemical manufacturer. Previously, he was a human health toxicologist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and an adjunct scientist with the Polish Academy of Sciences. Dr. Stedeford is board-certified in toxicology by the American Board of Toxicology and licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia and the State of Louisiana. He has authored over eighty publications including peer-reviewed scientific articles, government health assessments, legal articles, and scientific and legal book chapters.

"This book aims to inform and to provide interpretive guidance on
evaluating toxicological data and understanding the relevance of
such data to hazard evaluation and cancer risk estimation." (The
British Toxicology Society, 1 November 2011)