Author
Ming-Ho Yu
Ming-Ho Yu is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Environmental
Sciences, Western Washington University, where he taught environmental
science and toxicology and related courses for 27 years. He received his B.S.
degree from National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan, and M.S. and
Ph.D. degrees from Utah State University in Logan, Utah. He undertook his
postdoctoral work at Utah State University and the University of Alberta, in
Edmonton, Alberta. While teaching at Western Washington University, Dr.
Yu took a year of sabbatical and, as a visiting professor, conducted research at
the Department of Public Health and Hygiene, Iwate Medical University,
Morioka, Japan. He also spent a summer conducting research at the Institute
of Whole Body Metabolism in Chiba, Japan.
Dr. Yu served as the vice president and president of the International
Society for Fluoride Research (ISFR) from 1986 to 1996, and has been the
society’s secretary since January 2003.
He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science, American Chemical Society, American Society for Nutritional
Sciences, International Society for Fluoride Research (ISFR), New York
Academy of Sciences, and the Society of Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry.
Dr. Yu serves as an associate editor of FLUORIDE, the official journal of
ISFR. He is a founding co-editor of Environmental Sciences, a journal
published by MYU K.K. in Tokyo, Japan. He co-edited Environmental
Fluoride 1985, published by Elsevier Science in 1986. He is the author of
Environmental Toxicology – Impacts of Environmental Toxicants on Living
Systems, and a co-author of Introduction to Environmental Toxicology, 3rd
Edition, published by CRC Press.
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Ming-Ho Yu
Ming-Ho Yu is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Environmental
Sciences, Western Washington University, where he taught environmental
science and toxicology and related courses for 27 years. He received his B.S.
degree from National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan, and M.S. and
Ph.D. degrees from Utah State University in Logan, Utah. He undertook his
postdoctoral work at Utah State University and the University of Alberta, in
Edmonton, Alberta. While teaching at Western Washington University, Dr.
Yu took a year of sabbatical and, as a visiting professor, conducted research at
the Department of Public Health and Hygiene, Iwate Medical University,
Morioka, Japan. He also spent a summer conducting research at the Institute
of Whole Body Metabolism in Chiba, Japan.
Dr. Yu served as the vice president and president of the International
Society for Fluoride Research (ISFR) from 1986 to 1996, and has been the
society’s secretary since January 2003.
He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science, American Chemical Society, American Society for Nutritional
Sciences, International Society for Fluoride Research (ISFR), New York
Academy of Sciences, and the Society of Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry.
Dr. Yu serves as an associate editor of FLUORIDE, the official journal of
ISFR. He is a founding co-editor of Environmental Sciences, a journal
published by MYU K.K. in Tokyo, Japan. He co-edited Environmental
Fluoride 1985, published by Elsevier Science in 1986. He is the author of
Environmental Toxicology – Impacts of Environmental Toxicants on Living
Systems, and a co-author of Introduction to Environmental Toxicology, 3rd
Edition, published by CRC Press.
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