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toxicologist’s POCKET HANDBOOK
Michael J. Derelanko, Ph.D., D.A.B.T., F.A.T.S.
Department of Toxicology and Risk Assessment Honeywell International Inc. Morristown, New Jersey

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ABOUT

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AUTHOR

Michael J. Derelanko, Ph.D., D.A.B.T., F.A.T.S., is Manager of Toxicology and Risk Assessment at Honeywell International Inc. (formerly AlliedSignal Inc.), Morristown, New Jersey. Hereceived his B.S. degree from Saint Peter’s College in 1973. He was a National Institute of Health predoctoral trainee in the Albert S. Gordon Laboratory of Experimental Hematology at New York University, receiving M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. He received the 1976 New York University Gladys Mateyko Award for Excellence in Biology. Following a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in pharmacology atSchering-Plough Corporation, he began his career in industrial toxicology in 1980 in the corporate toxicology laboratories of, what was at that time, Allied Chemical. Dr. Derelanko is a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology and a Fellow of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences. He is a member of the Society of Toxicology, the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, and the honorary researchsociety, Sigma Xi. He has served on the content advisory committee of the New Jersey Liberty Science Center, has chaired or been a member of industrial and government toxicology advisory committees, and serves on the speaker’s bureau of the New Jersey Association for Biomedical Research. Dr. Derelanko has authored more than 50 publications in experimental hematology, gastrointestinal pharmacology,and toxicology. He is co-editor along with Dr. Manfred Hollinger of the CRC Handbook of Toxicology. He has been actively involved in educating the public about toxicology, particularly at the middle school level, and has delivered invited lectures on this subject at national meetings. His current research interests include understanding the toxicity of aliphatic oximes.

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PREFACE
Toxicologists rely on a large information base to design, conduct, and interpret toxicology studies and to perform risk assessments. Reference books such as the CRC Handbook of Toxicology kept in the toxicologist’s office supply ready access to...