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1 professional organizations that you are a member of, Page 2359 2 but I do want to ask about the American Industrial 3 Hygiene Association. 4 What is that? 5 A That is a professional organization of 6 people like me, of industrial hygienists. 7 Q Is that just for California or for the whole 8 country? 9 A For the whole country. 10 Q In looking at your resume from 1993 to 1994 11 you served as chairman on one of the association's 12 committees; is that correct? 13 A Yes, sir. 14 Q What committee was that? 15 A That is the Occupational Epidemiology 16 Committee. 17 Q What does that term refer to, and what is 18 that committee interested in? 19 A Well, epidemiology is the study of disease 20 in populations, and in my case my interests are in 21 evaluating the exposures that may have led to that