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A TRIBUTE TO DR. WILLIAM PENN WATKINSON
Citation:
COSTA, D. L. A TRIBUTE TO DR. WILLIAM PENN WATKINSON. INHALATION TOXICOLOGY. Taylor & Francis, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, 19(5):381-2, (2007).
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Dr. William Penn Watkinson (known to colleagues as "Penn") of EPA¿s health research lab (National Health and Environmental Research Laboratory) of Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, died Wednesday, December 13 after a battle with lung cancer. He was a member of the Pulmonary Toxicology Branch, Experimental Toxicology Division. His empirical work showing air pollutant-associated cardiovascular dysfunction in rat models of cardiopulmonary disease is widely appreciated as providing the early plausibility to the many epidemiological reports suggesting the heart as a target of ambient particulate pollution. His collaborators and students continue the legacy of his work. Penn retired from the EPA in October 2006.