Matthew J. Campen, PhD, MSPH, is the professor of toxicology at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, director of the New Mexico Center for Metals in Biology and Medicine, and Deputy Director and Training Core director for the NIEHS P42 UNM Metal Exposure and Toxicity Assessment on Tribal Lands in the Southwest Superfund Research Program Center.
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