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STATE OF CALIFORN IA- H EALTH AN D W ELFARE AGEN CY DEPARTM ENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH Bureau of Occupat ional Healt h 1500 Be v e r l y Boulevard Los An g e l es, Ca l i f o r n i a 90057 RONALD REAGAN , Governor May 25, 1967 Robert A. Kehoe, M.D. Prof essor Emerit us of Occupat ional M edicine Univer sit y of Cincinnat i The Ket t ering Laborat ory College of M edicine-- Eden Avenue Ci nci nn at i , Ohio 45219 Dear Doctor Kehoe: Thank you very much f or the publ icat i ons you sent me. I am most cer t ai n l y i nt erest ed in al l of them, and have st art ed to read and st udy them in d e t a i l . As w e l l , I would l ike to extend my appreciat ion f or the excellent job you did in present ing such a vast amount of dat a in such limit ed time at the AIHA Chicago course. As we di scussed, one of my i nt er est s has been in using human hair as a bio- assay medium f or det erminat ion of occupat ional lead ex posures. Unf ort unat ely, I have not had the time to " se l l " successf ul l y t hi s idea to our laborat ory people. Very r ecent ly, however, Kopit o, et al , published an/ ar t i cr e on t h i s methodology. I t i s en t i t l ed , "Lead in Hair of Children wit h phronic Lead Poisoning," and it appeared in the New England Journal of M edicine, 276:949, 127 A p r i l , I967J. I am sure it w i l l be of int er est to you. f I t was a d ef i ni t e pleasure to meet you and have been your st udent ( b r i e f l y ! . Dr. Chr i st i ne Ei n er t , who sends you her regards, t e l l s me t hat you may be wint ering in the Bay Area. In t hat ca se , _I look forward to seeing you in our "remarkable" st at e. Si ncer el y, Thomas H. Mi I by, M .D., Chief Bureau of Occupat ional Health HPB:cs cc: Dr. T. A. Montgomery Mr. Remo Navone Dr. P. K. M ue!I er hecTor r . o i e j e r , m.D., D.I .H Medical Of f i cer 3 21241