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1 They are trying to get as many
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2 representatives of various countries as they can, and
3 they are asked to do a variety of things.
4 In the field of pathology, one of the things
5 that we do is to give, or to make, classifications of
6 certain types of cancers, and to list, or to indicate
7 in the publications, what the criteria should be for
8 making a diagnosis of a certain cancer.
9 And the last World Health Organization
10 classification of lung cancers and mesothelioma was in
11 1982, and myself and 10 other people now are involved
12 in making the next classification, which will be
13 coming out in 1997 or 1998.
14 Q Now, Doctor, in the area of cases involving
15 mesothelioma, have you done work for plaintiffs'
16 attorneys in the past?
17 A I have.
18 Q And have you also done work forasbestos
19 manufacturers in the past?
20 A Yes.
21 Q And you have testified on their behalf as