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FILE NAME: Asten Hill (AH) DATE: 1957 Aug 23 DOC#: AH026 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter HOLMES 527 August 23, 1957 Llr. Hugh M. Jacks on, Manager Industrial Health Program Johns-Lianville Corporation 22 Cast 40th Street Now York 16, New York Dear Hugh: T h an k you fo r your l e t t e r of A u g u st 19 r e g a r d in g tho S ep tem ber meeting of the ATI. As a m atter of fact, having completed the literature search, it is apparent to us that the possibility of an association between lung cancer and asbestosis is.much m ore likely to exist in asbcctos factories than in mining operations, T o r exam ple, of 99 cases which had boon r e ported up to 1955, at least 80 appear to have occurred in asbestos w orkers o th o r t h a n m i n e r s . .A n u m b e r w e r e w o m e n , and the o c c u p a tio n s given were: weaver, carder, mattresB m aker, lfaggcr, bagger, pipe coverer, spiunor, etc. Two specific articles which m ention the typo of exposure and at by Doll (l)-and that bv Isselbacher, ct.al'. (2). Seventeen ctibU i s t u d i e d by G loyne and 31 r e p o r t e d by M e r e w c t h e r , a s w ell as t h r e e mentioned by H arrison and one each by Cureton and Owen occurred in Lngland. If m y inform ation is c o rre c t, there ia no mining of asbestos in Lngicnd, and these m ust all havo been w orkers in textile or sim ilar jobB. In this country, the ten cases reported were apparently ail in textile w orkers. The fir at case, reported in 1935 by Lynch anc Smith was a weaver in an a o b e c to a f a c t o r y fo r 21 y e a r n , i o s e l b a c h e r 1a c a s e s in v o lv e c a c o n t r a c t o r ' s helper engaged in cutting and sawing asbestos board and sorter in an asbestos mill. AHD 0002 9 3 3 iiugh M. Jackson - 2- August 23, 1957 The QAMA study la in the final stagos which are, of course, Lao lo w e st. All of the s ta tis tic a l a n a ly s is h a s b e e n c o m p le te d , and the re p o rt is 99% w ritten. V/hat rem ain* 1b m ainly m inor revisions, typing the m anuscript and proofing. It should go to the print shop by the end nf t'niB m onth. I hope this supplies you with what you need for the meeting. If thero is anything further, please lei me know and I will try to get it to you in time. \ Sincerely yours, DCD;la Unclosurc Daniel C. Braun, M.D. Medical Director AMD 0 0 0 2 9 1 4  cierence s 1. Doll, E..: Morta.lity fro m Lung C ancer in A sbestos Yrorkere. B r it. J . Induct. M ed. 1Z, 81-86, 1955. -2. Isselb a ch cr, K. J . ; K laus, H .; and H ardy, -H. J -.; A abcstosis and Bronchogenic Carcinoma, Am. J. M ed. 15, 7Z1-732, November 1953. 3. Doll, R.: Bronchial Carcinoma: Incidence and Aetiology (Milroy L e c t u r e s , a b r i d g e d ) B r i t . M . J . , _2, 5 2 1 -5 2 7 , Sept. 5, 1953; 585-590, Sept. 12, 1953. AMD 0 0 0 2 9 3 5