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_990609 (writeup).  o:r

I had been struck by Li, Fraumeni et al., Cancer Mortality among
chemists.  JNCI 43:1159-1164 (1969)., and the remark that malignant
lymphoma and pancreas CA accounted for half of the excess moratlity.
This was reinforced by Harriett Ephrussi-Taylor (1968) early death from that
cause; and some number of others in my acquaintanceship.  (Eventually
later also Kim Atwood.)

I thought to seek more specificity in chemical etiology by
bibliographic survey of the careers of 55 chemists listed as died of 
pancreatic cancer and 55 from other causes.

Cf correspondence with Fraumeni (1970).  Note names of decedents should be
confidential, though the data come from death certificates and
announcements in C&EN.

The results were inconclusive; though there is some todo about
photographic chemicals.

Ann Watson, a Human Bio student, assisted me.  Name cconfusion was
a significant problem.

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