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Page 220 1 A At that time and even today it's very difficult 2 to tease out. We have only gotten better at it the \ .3 last few years. i 4 Q And Spirtas found that amongst younger male 5 cases there was higher attributable risk to asbestos 6 exposure for the mesothelioma cases? 7 A Yeah, I think what he's saying is those younger 8 people may well have had exposures to the amphiboles 9 versus the older people. And I think that's what he's ? 10 trying to tease out. He's unable to do that. 11 Q What the study found, though, Doctor, is what 12 is discussed by Mr. Spirtas, for example, on Page 808 13 in the first complete paragraph on the right-hand 14 column: 15 "Results by decade of first exposure | 16 were complimentary to those for latency 17 with the two likelihood measures showing 18 higher risks for subjects exposed earlier 19 and the ever or never questions showing 20 the highest risk among subjects beginning 21 exposure most recently." 22 That's consistent with what Dr. Agudo found 23 that the highest risk is found in the cohort, ever j 24 exposed. versus the ones that believe they were never 25 exposed? ESQUIRE DEPOSITION SERVICES (415) 288-4280