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1 by 1955 that exposure to asbestos, asbestosis caused Page 3439 2 lung cancer; is that correct? 3 MR. McGOWAN: Objection, Your Honor. 4 THE COURT: Overruled. 5 MR. McGOWAN: Exposure to asbestosis? 6 Q I said exposure to asbestos, asbestosis, I 7 am making it very clear; isn't that correct, Doctor? 8 A I think Doll's data, and probably since 9 Selikoff, particularly the experimental pathologist, I 10 think the majority of scientists after Doll's 11 epidemiologic study were probably convinced if you got 12 asbestosis, you got lung cancer. 13 And asbestos workers, about 95 percent of 14 them smoked, so it turns out that that was a powerful 15 factor as well. 16 Q Thank you. But I understand that you have 17 testified in the past, and I am asking you, isn't it 18 your opinion that it was well-established, and you 19 used those words before, well-established in the 20 medical and scientific literature that asbestosis was 21 related to the disease bronchogenic carcinoma, lung