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1 therefore readily be generalized to all brake
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2 maintenance workers.
3 How does the fact that it was limited in
4 scope impact on your ability to read this as applying
5 to brake maintenance workers across the board?
6 Can you tell the jury?
7 A The answer to that question would be that if
8 I had this study alone, this would only be a
9 suggestion, although a pretty impressive one when you
10 are talking about a quarter of the employees having
11 evidence of asbestosis.
12 It would take more studies to be more
13 definitive and, as we know, there have been more
14 studies generated since 1976, so that, in fact, we
15 have that information now.
16 Q That was really thepoint that theauthors
17 of the study were trying to make with that sentence,
18 correct?
19 A That is correct.
20 Q Okay. That sentence also says that the
21 study was restricted to volunteers, and, therefore,