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1 point of it, I can't remember a particular -
2 book, DO;
3 Q. Can you remember any of the case
4 studies or articles?
5 A. What fdo recall Was attention ^
6 directed at --I may be-remembering
7 incorrectly, ft's a very longtlirteago; What
8 I do recall'ls attention to articles that'-were- ' :
9 drawinguponthcmorerecent discussion's of a;
10 connection'between asbestos and cancer.
11 Q. . What year was this again?
12 A. '65, *66, but I have no specific
13 recollection of which'article's: -
14 Q. Were they scholarly'articles.
15 newspaper articles?
16 A. I think they were newspaper
17 articles. I don't want to be misleadinii'thsay
18 that I spent a caVeertbirikingaboutaisbestos.
19 I haven't. .....:
20 Q.-' That's whatwe watit to1 findout.
21 A. T just don't wabt fb say'it agaln
22 and again. 'That'sthepremise. l have corne to
23 pay attention to asbestos as a' student of
24 politics,' as- a studientof public'policy, abd as
25 a student of disputed areas of health and'- '
1 1965 in detail. None whatsoever, to be honestl
2 It would be remarkable if I did, but I don't:
3 Q. Failr enough.
4 Who was your professor that year?
5 A. Again, your conception of what
6 this was leads you in the wrong direction. It
7 wasn't one professor. It was a program, a
8 post-doctoral program in which about eight
9 people were given a year's tuition and support
10 to take up questions of public health when
i 11 they've done something different before.
12 It was a kind of expansion of the
13 world of public health to social scientists who
14 otherwise wouldn't have done it.
15 I'Ve been a standard political
16 scientist beforehand. I've written something
17 about Medicare. The way to understand this is
18 here is my early acquaintance with the world of
19 health and healthcare as Seen from the
20 standpoint of a public health school. Does
21 that help?
22 Q. Sure. No professor, right?
23 Who are the other seven? What
24 disciplines?
' ' i 25
A.! 1 Mostly economics and 'One1-'' '
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1 healthcare.
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' i 1 sociologist add One anthropologist.
2
Q.: > As you researched' the information
2 Q; NomediCaldoctors?
3 out there and draw yOWHconclusiOns; vVe arei ' '
3 A*.! : Nov' Again, it' was a program "
4 going to research'Whatiftakesyou 'in'expert in 1
j 4 - in-- postmOctoral program in'social science
5 this case. Is that fair enough?
5 .and health rather like the one I headed at Yale
6 A. Yes, it sure'is.'
6 up until this year..
7 Q. We'reup to'thepost-doctorate at
*7
Q: So an epidemiologist in that
8 Harvard. At that time, you spent about 5
i 8 eight?
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9 perceHtof-yOur tithe spCeifibaliy^tudying
j 9 4 'A: ' Not'epidemiologist oil'the Student
10 asbestos, which is a subset of20^pefcdnt of
, f. 10 side, but epidemiologist on th'e staff side.
11 your time where you talked about public health
5 11 The.school of public health had -- itwas a
12 where asbestos Was implicated?
12 faculty post-doc'seminar once a week,'and a
13 A. Not public health'. We talked
13 different set of professors would come in every
14 about occupational health abd Safety. That's
14 week with only two people there the whole year.
15 about 20 percent of the subjects that this
15 And the'epidemiologist was a'man by'the name of
16 post-ddc year dealt with.
16 Dr. Osier Peterson was his name. -
17 Q. But in any of the occupational
17 Q. Did Dr. Peterson discuss with you
18 and safety text you read at that time in 1965,
18 or did you discuss with Dr. Peterson,'
19 you don't remember any chapters, any readings
19 epidemiology as it relates to asbestos?
20 on asbestos; rather all the readings were from
20 A. We discussed epidemiology, the
21 the media?
21 applications of which I cannot remember
22 ' MS. ROSENBERG: Objection to the
22 specifically:
23 form.'
23 Q. Correct me if I am wrong, but I
24 Q. Is that correct?
24 asked ybu about professors and you said there
25 A. I have no idea what I read in
25 weren't any?
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