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APPLIE EPIDEMIOLOGY INC. September 2St 1995 Donald Whorton, M.D. M. Donald Whorton, MJX, Inc. 1135 Atlantic Avenue Alameda, CA 94501 Dear Don: Thank you for sending a copy of the master tape (without death certificate information post 1982), which we received an Friday. As a correction to Nancy Gordon's memo to you dated September 13,1995, all death certificate biftumation was blocked, instud of blocking only that from the 6 or 8 states with confidentiality agreements remaining, to expedite transfer of the bulk of data to us. We trust that as soon as all statu grant releases, you will forward the remaining data, or withhold information only for statu not granting a release. We will begin reading the contents of foe tape immediately; however, it appears that no documentation of the files was sent to us with die tape. We would have expected to receive at least standard dixectoriu (including data audit trails) and coding manuals. As you probably know, re-creating documentation is time consuming, and may lead to errors. Please send as soon as possible any such documentation wfaicainight exist We also hope that the lost death certificates will be located and transferred as our agreements with the statu allow, as these represent an important factor is our ability to complete the update since 1982, and a valuable resource, both from a scientific and financial perspective. So, although we should be fared from the present logjam and able to proceed with parts of the study update, we still anticipate receiving from you substantial materials produced during the previous update. Finally, please note that our street address is Suite #90,479 West Street, Amherst, MA 01001 We appreciate all your efforts to fadlitite the transfer of the study materials, and urge you to call if we may be of any assistance. Sincerely yoms. cc: "Dr. Shah ~ Dr. Ramlow Kenneth A. Mundt, Ph.D. P.O. BOX 2424 AMHERST, MA 01004 W (413) 256-3556 FAX (413) 256-3503 SL 110596