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B -- COMPLIATION OF WORK AND EXPOSURE HISTORY REGISTRY DATA TO STUDY SILICA DUST EXPOSURE FACTORS IN DISEASE RISK SOL RQ98-019 DUE 051898 POC Brenda Goodwin, 304/285-5882/Contracting Officer, Rex S. Wolfe, 304/285-5883 The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in Morgantown, WV has a requirement to acquire compiled work history, exposure histories, demographic data, vital status, and silicosis registry data on approximately 16,000 employees representing tin or tungsten mines or pottery factories in China. The information obtained from this study will provide much needed insight into the development of and possible prevention of silicosis and other dust-induced lung disease, enabling NIOSH to move forward in its effort to develop a national and international strategy for the elimination of silicosis. The period of performance requires delivery on or about December 31, 1999. It is believed that there is only one existing cohort of this size with the necessary epidemiological data to analyze the role of surface-bioavailable silica quartz dust in disease risk. These work and exposure history and disease registry data or data sources and associated workplace dust samples are only known to exist from the Occupational Epidemiology School of Public Health, Tongji Medical University in the Peoples' Republic of China. If there are other sources capable of providing extensive epidemiological data on work and exposure histories, they are invited to submit appropriate documentation, literature and references to Brenda L. Goodwin, Reference: RQ98-019, DHHS, PHS, CDC, NIOSH, ALOSH, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505. If no organizations respond and demonstrate their capabilities within seven (7) days after posting of this notice, the Government intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with the Occupational Epidemiology School of Public Health, Tongji Medical University, China. This notice is issued for informational purposes. (0128)

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