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t *-J*-*' s t=3 H F|NDUSTRIAL YGIENE EATURES Shipyard employment of the physically handicapped is discussed in Abst. No. 324. Abst. No. 325 reports on disability, old age, and employment. Recent advances on cardiac resusci tation are reviewed in Abst. No. 328. Abst. No. 330 is concerned with eye problems in industry. Information on viral infections and the common cold is presented in Abst. No. 334. A report on genetic bases of suscept ibility and resistance to toxic agents is given in Abst. No. 343. A study on contact eczema caused by true teak is given in Abst. No. 346. Abst. No. 351 is concerned with long term effects of sulfur dioxide exposure in pulp mills. Abst. No. 353 investigates arsine poisoning in a slag washing plant. Environmental factors in childhood lead poisoning is the title of Abst. No. 361. See Abst. No. 376 for details on peri toneal tumors in asbestosis. For principles concerning the control of environmental laser hazards consult Abst. No. 377. Data concerning motorist exposure to aldehydes from diesel powered buses are given in Abst. No. 388. Natural phenomena in air pollution is the topic of Abst. No. 397. Pulmonary function impairment pro duced by atmospheric pollution is dis cussed in Abst. No. 401. Abst. No. 409 reviews the concept of accident proneness. F OUNDATION F ACTS AN IHF EXHIBIT consisting of 27 bound volumes of the Industrial Hygiene Digest (1937-1963) was displayed at the American Industrial Health Conference in Pittsburgh and at the American Industrial Hygiene Association meeting in Philadelphia, to show the value of the Digest as a complete reference, especially when kept together. A MONOGRAPH entitled "Pulmonary Deposition and Retention of Inhaled Aerosols" by Paul Gross, M.D. and Professor Theodore F. Hatch has just been published. This was prepared under the direction of the American Industrial Hygiene Association for the Division of Technical Information, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. This concise monograph on pulmonary deposition and retention of aerosols should therefore be welcomed by industrial hygienists, health physicists, microbiologists, industrial physicians and medical specialists in radiation health, infectious diseases and air pollution. Copies are available from the Academic Press, 111 Fifth Ave., New York, New York 10003 at $5.95 clothbound, or $3.45 paperbound. NEW REPRINTS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. "Natural Occurrence of Lead" by Robert T. P. deTreville, M.D., Arch. Environmental Health 8, 212-221 (February 1964); and "Pneumoconiosis: The Morphology of the Inert Dust Reaction" by Paul Gross, M.D. , Beitr. Silikose-Forsch. S-Bd Grundfragen Silikoseforsch. Bd 5, 2-73-283 (1963). 29th ANNUAL MEETING OCTOBER 21-22, 1964 03121399