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Sclikoff el al.i Mortality of Insulation Workers designated were due to other causes. The same was found foeprimary cancer of the liver and cancer of the brain, both of which would have been considered of increased incidence using solely death certificate diagnosis, but were not so established following review of histological material. This, of course, could well be anticipated with eaoosures to agents which increase the risk of neoplasms known to metastasize to these sites (bronchogenic carcinoma, gastrointestinal cancer). Our experiences do not indicate that the addition of amosite asbestos exposure during and after World War II to the chrysotile asbestos exposure which existed before then, and which continued, demonstrably altered the nature of the asbestos* induced diseases which resulted, nor their extent. Further, limited experiences suggest that asbestos insulation, employment begun 1943-1962 carried the same type of long-term risk as that begun before that time. We have no information concerning the ... We are grateful'.for the extraordinarily valuable assistance'of'Ms. Janet S. i. KitTcnburgh and:`Ms. Fr-r.-es' Pere<_ in the tracing-.and acquisitioi. of material L. concerning the insulation workers in these cohorts." Clearly, the completeness of the prolonged serial observations could not have been accomplished without their dedicated and skillful help-At .the.same time, the leaders of the asbestos workers* union equally share our gratitude;- Mr; Andrew T. Haas. and Mr. William G. Bernard, ' International Presidenl.and International Secretary of the union, Mr. Roy J. Stein* furth, coordinator of the Insulators Health Hazard Program and the many union officers throughout the United States and Canada whose dedication and'concern have permeated their work with us. Special mention should be made of officials of the New York-New Jersey metropolitan locals of the union. Mr, Jack Novak, Mr. Harry Ahrens, Mr. Terence McConnell, Mr. Jerome Market, Mr. Thomas Yiscovich. Mr. William D. Fitzgerald. Mr. James Grogan, Mr. James F. Dwyer, Jr. and Mr. Howard ' Barnett/* Our warm thanks are due, too, to the staff of the Department of Epidemiology and Statistics of the American Cancer Society, including Mr. David A. Newman. Mr. Ashley Bodden, Mr. Edwin Silverberg. Ms. Marie Corbo, who have with competence ` and dedication, assisted tn the extensive processing and computation of the statistical . data that were obtained. As so often nowadays, this epidemiological study could not have been completed without the integrated cooperation of many. . . Equally warm and strongly held gratitude is due to our colleagues. Dr. Jacob - Churg, Dr. Yasunosuke Suzuki and Dr. Milton Kannerstein for their help in reviewing the many anatomical and histological specimens that were made available to us. Their skills, knowledge and competence form a qualitative bedrock for the study. Equally, we are appreciative of the generous help given to us by clinicians, pathologists, medical examiners and others in medical facilities in all parts of the United States and .nada, providing detailed information, records, roentgenograms. We obtained as much pleasure and satisfaction from our experiences with the kindliness and gencros* ly of medical and scientific colleagues as with the observations these enabled us to These acknowledgements would be sadly incomplete if they did not include ourappreciation for the many at the Environmental Sciences Laboratory whose patient cay-to-day help assisted, the rest of us and assured the collection of the very large amount of information inherent in our data; warm thanks are extended to Selma - '.-'if;:. ASARCO ALV 0002101 1 116 Annals New York Academy of Sciences Annenberg. Richard Ashley. Doris Fleisher. Rupert Fuller. Judith Marmor. Maria ' Martinez/Diane Monahan. Vera Rtittrun. Julia Roberts. Albert Rodriguez and. Sidney Sibcl. 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