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PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT DISCUSSION Although this study was undertaken initially in an attempt to discover whether it would be feasible to determine the environmental factors responsible for the increase of malignant mesothelioma in the State of Connecticut, it has suffered from the lack of detail in available records. lab 1 o 41 and 111 illeeeefce sac. of tin!. *H >ej pt Irtjor deficiencltoS in the data available for study, iwe4y the low autopsy rate \for the pleural cesotheliomata and the inadequacy of the types of' tiooue. available and used for diagnostic purposes. It has been our experience that occupational histories are not routinely obtained and included in hospital records.^ Smoking habits are not routinely recorded and no inquiries art made of patients admitted with suspected malignant disease re garding their hobbies or part-time activities. ____ ________________ _ In our search through the C. I. ?. paper files (i.e. hospital records), we found job titles for only 17% of the mesothelioma cases. If we exclude from this group those merely designated as "retired", "housewife" or "student", the figure i6 re duced to 12%. We were only able to ascertain the type of industry in 7% of these cases. This data is applicable to 220 ca$es consisting of:. 195 mesotheliomas in the Connecticut Registry, 1955 - 1977, 5 mesotneliomas from the Veterans Administration files, 1955 - 1977, and mors, not mesothelioma, recorded 1955 - 1977. his disease ppeardd to fnt due ent increase afteA 1955. UCC 010112 A00606