[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 209 (Monday, October 30, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 55275]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26810]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Lung Cancer and Diesel Exhaust Among Non-Metal Miners; Cohort 
Mortality Study With Nested Case-Control Study; Meeting

    The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the 
following meeting.

    Name: Review of proposed protocol for the study: ``A Cohort 
Mortality Study with a Nested Case-control Study of Lung Cancer and 
Diesel Exhaust among Non-metal Miners.''
    Time and Date: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., November 27, 1995.
    Place: Room 503-A, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence 
Avenue, SW, Washington DC 20201.
    Status: Open to the public for observation and comment, limited 
only by the space available. The room accommodates approximately 50 
people.
    Purpose: The purpose of the meeting is to obtain comment and 
guidance regarding the technical and scientific merits of the study: 
``A Cohort Mortality Study with a Nested Case-control Study of Lung 
Cancer and Diesel Exhaust among Non-metal Miners,'' being conducted 
jointly by NIOSH and NCI.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include short 
presentations concerning the study protocol by the study 
investigators, comments from the review panel members, responses and 
discussion of the submitted comments, and discussion open to all 
meeting attendees. Viewpoints and suggestions from industry, labor, 
academia, other government agencies, and the public are invited. 
Written comments will be part of the review, and should be received 
by the contact person listed below no later than November 13, 1995.
    Contact Person for More Information: Michael D. Attfield, Ph.D., 
NIOSH Project Director, NIOSH, Division of Respiratory Disease 
Studies, (DRDS), Mailstop 234, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, 
West Virginia 26505-2888, telephone 304/285-5751.

    Dated: October 19, 1995.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 95-26810 Filed 10-27-95; 8:45 am]
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