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N o v e m b er 2, 1977 9036 Jeffery Road G reat F a lls, V irg in ia 22066 D r. R obert A . K ehoe H ighland T ow ers A partm ent 1071 C e l e s t i a l S tr e e t C in cin n ati, O hio 45202 D ear D r. Kehoe A s you know; I sen t a copy of the d raft of m y w rite -u p of "O ral and Inhalation E x p o su re to L ead in H um an Subjects (Kehoe B alan ce E x p e rim e n ts )" tp G a ry T e rH a a r on O c to b e r 12. I did n o t ta k e tim e to include the enclosed Sum m ary and A cknow ledgem ents as G ary w anted th e d r a f t a s sooiji a s p o s s ib le in o r d e r to g e t y o u r d a ta to E . P . A . I did not send you the d ra ft at th at tim e b e ca u se I w anted B e rn ie Sobel to re c a lc u la te som e of the inhalation d o se-resp o n se data using a co m p u ter p ro g ram that I did not have. B oth G ary and B ern ie lik ed m y w rite-u p and w anted to sb g g est som e m inor changes. T hey asked m e to send y o u th e d r a f t co 3y on O c to b e r 18 s o th a t y o u c o u ld b e g in y o u r r e v ie w as soon as poss b le . I u n d erstan d th at you, in a d iscu ssio n w ith H e s s e l b e r g , a g i eed to h a v e a c o p y o f th e c o r r e c t e d d r a f t s e n t to E .P .A . A s you know m y new job h a s k ep t m e q u ite b u sy b u t I w as d e te rm in e d to g et th is p ro je c t done even if it (literally ) k illed m e. Though being quite tire d , I hdve spent m any evenings and w eek-ends over the p ast se v e ra l m onths w orking on m y w rite-u p . I even ren ted a sm all ap artm en t n e a r m y w ork fp r se v e ra l days in o rd e r to d e c re a se tra v e l tim e and to have the space and quiet I needed. M y aim w as to get down on p ap er a t le a s t the essen ce of w hat I had hoped to have in the p ap er and then to depend on you, Gary and B e rn ie to help m e get th e p a p e r to a m o re refined state, j It h as been bv er th re e y ears since I sta rte d on th is p ro ject. E a rly on and on frequentj o c cassio n s sin ce, you in d icated th at you w anted m e to m ake an independent analysis of your data using m y own ex p ertice . You said th at I w ould have an opportunity to publish m y a n aly sis and you in tu rn w ould u s e th e d a ta foxf y o u r ow n a n a ly s is an d if n e e d b e y o u w o u ld c r itiq u e m y observationjs. A s you know, B ern ie and G ary have also re in fo rce d the w isd o m of yourj d is c is s io n and have allow ed m e the sa m e in d ip en d en ce of th o u g h t w hile bjeing q u ite h elp fu l on the m an y o c c a s s io n s in w hich I h av e a sk e d fo r help.! I a p p re c ia te th is o p p o rtu n ity . M y w rite -u p h as b e e n p r i m a r i l y d a ta a r e s u l t s w ith a m in im u m o f d i s c u s s i o n . I h a v e a ls o l i m i t e d m y com m ents in the introduction and have m ade it quite c le a r that th e se s tu d ie s w e r e tfye r e s u l t s o f y o u r e f f o r t s . T h e r e i s m u c h m o r e t h a t s h o u ld b e said when you do your w rite -u p . 00 47J P age 2, N ovem ber 2, 1977 I w ill send yon the c o rre c te d d o se-resp o n se data as soon as I re c e iv e the tn fro m B e rn ie . I w ill look fo rw ard to d isc u ssin g any changes o r additions w hich you w ill w ant to su g g est. A s you know , you and I have a c o n sid e ra b le d ifferere n c e in o u r sty le of w ritin g and I knpw th at m y app ro ach to data p ro c e ssin g is d ifferen t th an y o u rs . I kh ow you w ill w ant to c o n c e n tra te on th e v a lid ity of m y a n a ly s is and the c o rre c tn e ss of the data su m m a ry ra th e r than try in g to get m e to conform to your sty le . cc, B ernie Sobel G ary T erH aar B est regards, Stanley B . G ro ss, P h .D . i) I 00474