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Health Sciences Research and Applications Branch Division of Biornedical and En v iron nen tal Research Atomic Energy Cos n is sion I must apologize for the de-dy in sending you my ca=nts on the site visit held at the AEC o n h'ovezber 20, 1972, w ' niu reviewed It was the consensus of the gnu ? that this was aSCey &sir3512 research activity and deserved continued support. that the University of Pittsburgh should continue as rhe sox rac for. However, there are some aspects of the study as col nt St ted to date which are disturbing and which may well be cause far consi6ering an alternate contractor. Xy in press ion was that tfLe stuzy had 30 technical qc est ions posed but ' only to cc ment very geaer=li:J 0 2 .their inability to obtain a master file of enpioy- even at Ln ford. I n my opinion, it ranks, as I stated at the Execut-;lrr Session following the meeting, as the longest pilot study L have ever Some other szl ec ted co went s 2re presented be lov. limitations of the study. intended to r qr z sex cn exhaustive rev lev of the strenzths n.6. .::3..;.: a likelihood ci so m ~ ni ner tia on the pait oE =ktagenc;i that .. an analysis by the i in ivers it y of Pittsburgh my bec cae possible,
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qualitatively if necessary,is considered to be a serious limitation of the study. The inability to cate zori z c the levels of .exposure, even 4. The involvement of the Statistical Advisor appears to be 5.The use of non - standard methodologies of analysis without any apparent gain in analytic results is subject to question. A more active role by Dr.Elst on is badly needed. Despite these criticisms, the project has an intrinsic merit and should be supported. Is it possible for the AZC to alter the