Occupational health categorization and compound handling practice systems — roots , application and future
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Allan W. Ader, Ph.D., DABT, Principal Toxicologist, John P. Farris, B.S., CIH, President and Managing Principal, and Robert H. Ku, Ph.D., DABT, Principal Toxicologist, are the founders of SafeBridge Consultants, Inc. (SafeBridge), 1924 Old Middlefield Way, Mountain View, California, USA. SafeBridge is a health and safety consulting firm to the pharmaceutical and chemical industry with services in occupational toxicology, industrial hygiene, and sampling and analytical methods development and analysis, with specific expertise in potent compound safety (Tel.: (650) 961-4820x228; fax: (650) 623-0096; e-mail: [email protected]; website: www.safebridge.com).
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