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August 23, 1957 Mr, Hugh M. Jackson, Manager Industrial Health Program Johna-ManviUe Corporation 22 .iiaet 4 0th Street New York U, New York Dear Hugh: Thank you for your letter of August 19 regarding the Sep tember meeting of the ATI* As a matter of fact* having completed tho literature search, it is apparent to ua that the possibility of an association between lung cane or and asbestos!* is zauch more likely to exist in asbestos factories than in mining operations. For example* of 99 cases which had been re ported up to 1955, at least 80 appear to have occurred in asbestos workers other than miners* A number were women, and the occupations given ware: weaver, carder, mattress maker, lagger, bagger, pipe coverer, spinner, etc* N , u Two specific articles which mention tho type of exposure and the job'is that by Doll (l)-and that by lssolbacbar/ei, al. (2), Seventeen cases studied by Gloyna and 31 reported by Merewether, as well as three mentioned by Harrison and one each by Curston and Gwen occurred in Lngland* If my information is correct, there is no mining of asbestos in England, and these must ail have been workers in tonsil* or similar jobs, in this country, the ten cases reported wars apparently all in textile workers* The first case, reported in 1935 by Lynch and Smith was a weaver in an asbestos iactory for 21 years* Iseelbecher'e cases involved a contractor's helper engaged in cutting and sawing asbestos board and sorter in an aabostos mill* Ur. Hugh M. Jackson -2- August 23, 1957 The QAMA study is in the final stag** which are, of course, the slowest. All of the statistical analysis has been completed, and the report is 99% written. What remains is mainly minor revisions, typing the manuscript and proofing. It should go to the print shop by the end of this month. I hope this supplies you with what you need for the meeting. If there is anything further, please let me-koow and I will try to get it to you in time. Sincerely yours, DC:la Enclosure Daniel C. Braun, M,D, Medical Director Reference* 1. DoU, P..: Mortality from Long Cancer In Aabostoa Workers, Brit. J. Indust. Mod. 12, 81-36, 1955. 1. iaaelbocher, K. J.; Klaus, li,; and Hardy, H L.i Auboatosis and Bronchogenic Carcinoma. Am, J, Mad, 15, 721-732, Novcmbc 1953. 3. Doll, Bronchial Carcinoma: Incidence and Aetiology (Mllroy Lectures, abridged} Brit. M. J., 2t 521-527, Sept, 5, 1953; 563-593, Sept. 12, 1953.