[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53747-53748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26300]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; 
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-3 p.m., November 8, 1996.
    Place: National Cancer Institute (NCI), Conference Room H, 
Executive Plaza North, 6130 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, Maryland 
20892.
    Status: Open to the public for observation and participation, 
limited only by the space available. The meeting room accommodates 
approximately 50 people.
    Purpose: The purpose of this meeting is to obtain comments and 
guidance

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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 comments 
submitted by others who have reviewed the protocol, 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 1, 1996. Agenda 
items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Michael Attfield, Ph.D., NIOSH 
Project Director, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, M/S 234, 
1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505-2888, telephone 
304/285-5751, fax 304/285-5861.


    Dated: October 8, 1996.
Nancy C. Hirsch,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 96-26300 Filed 10-11-96; 8:45 am]
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