Fw: Urgent Request for Information from your 2009 study

Pradeep Rajan 

to: 

Tricia Crabtree 

12/17/2010 02:48 PM 

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-----Forwarded by Pradeep Rajan/RTP/USEPA/US on 12/17/2010 02:47PM ----- 

To: Rajan.Pradeep@epamail.epa.gov 

From: Rick Burnett <Rick.Burnett@hc-sc.gc.ca> 

Date: 09/13/2010 08:41AM 

Subject: Fw: Urgent Request for Information from your 2009 study 

here they are, sorry for the delay, you will note that these numbers 

our 

based on our main analysis file, subsets of the cohort are used for

different runs depending on the available variables (ie missing 

values etc) 

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 Yuanli Shi 

 

 <syuanli@uottawa. 

 

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 To 

 'Rick Burnett' 

 

 2010-08-30 04:50 <Rick.Burnett@hc-sc.gc.ca> 

 

 PM 

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 Michelle Turner 

 

 <mturner@uottawa.ca> 

 

 

Subject 

 RE: FW: Fw: Urgent Request 

for 

 Information from your 2009 

study 

 

 

 

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OK, please find the attached files for ACS follow up to 2000.... 

Yuanli 

-----Original Message----- 

From: Rick Burnett [mailto:Rick.Burnett@hc-sc.gc.ca] 

Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 2:11 PM 

To: Yuanli Shi 

Cc: Michelle Turner 

Subject: RE: FW: Fw: Urgent Request for Information from your 2009 

study 

Yuanli, they want the info based on the new HEI report and in Table 

1 of 

the report it says we used 58 MSAs for the 1979-1983 PM2.5 with 

351.338 

subjects 

so we need the number of deaths and number of subjects in these 58 

MSAs 

with the number of deaths based on the 2000 followup, thanks 

we also need the 2000 followup for the 116 MSAs for the PM2.5 1999-

2000 

dataset 

 Yuanli Shi 

 <syuanli@uottawa. 

 ca> 

 To 

 'Rick Burnett' 

 2010-08-26 01:39 <Rick.Burnett@hc-sc.gc.ca>, 

 PM Michelle Turner 

 <mturner@uottawa.ca> 

 

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Subject 

 RE: FW: Fw: Urgent Request 

for 

 Information from your 2009 

study 

Hi Rick and Michelle, please see the attached excel files. There 

were 61 

MSAs for the PM2.5 in 1979/83 (mean), and 116 MSAs for PM2.5 (mean) 

in 

1999/2000 based on Arden Pope's JAMA paper in 2002 follow up from 

1982 to 

1998.... 

Let me know if it looks clear enough? 

Yuanli 

-----Original Message----- 

From: Rick Burnett [mailto:Rick.Burnett@hc-sc.gc.ca] 

Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 6:29 PM 

To: Michelle Turner 

Cc: Yuanli Shi 

Subject: Re: FW: Fw: Urgent Request for Information from your 2009 

study 

thanks Michelle/Yunali - it would be great ot get rid of this 

request 

 Michelle Turner 

 <mturner@uottawa. 

 ca> 

 To 

 Yuanli Shi 

<syuanli@uottawa.ca>, 

 2010-08-25 05:21 Rick Burnett 

 PM <Rick.Burnett@hc-sc.gc.ca> 

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Subject 

 FW: Fw: Urgent Request for 

 Information from your 2009 

study 

Hi Yuanli, 

Please see email below from Rick. I believe that for the 58 MSAs 

and 116 

MSAs from Pope 2002 paper with follow-up through 1998, they would 

like the 

following. Why don't we do this first to get it out of the way, 

then we'll 

move on CARB, Michelle 

-----Original Message----- 

From: Rick Burnett [mailto:Rick.Burnett@hc-sc.gc.ca] 

Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 12:11 PM 

To: susan.gapstur@cancer.org 

Cc: cap3@email.byu.edu; Daniel Krewski; jerrett@usc.ca; 

MIchael.Thun@cancer.org; Michelle Turner 

Subject: Re: Fw: Urgent Request for Information from your 2009 study

that is correct, I will create the file and send it to you, thanks 

 susan.gapstur@can 

 cer.org 

 

 To 

 2010-08-25 11:44 Rick Burnett 

 AM <Rick.Burnett@hc-sc.gc.ca> 

 cc 

 cap3@email.byu.edu, 

 dkrewski@uottawa.ca, 

 jerrett@usc.ca, 

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 MIchael.Thun@cancer.org, 

"Michelle 

 Turner" <mturner@uottawa.ca> 

 

Subject 

 Re: Fw: Urgent Request for 

 Information from your 2009 

study 

Hi Rick, 

As we understand it they are requesting.... 

1) The total number of all cause deaths and number of participants 

for each 

of 58 MSA's for the period from 1979-83 (NOT FOR EACH YEAR). IS 

THIS 

CORRECT? 

2) The total number of all cause deaths and number of participants 

for each 

of 116 MSA's for the period from 1999-2000 (NOT FOR EACH YEAR). IS 

THIS 

CORRECT? 

3) Concentration of PM2.5 for the MSAs as indicated above. (Is that 

the 

means, medians, ranges?) 

Assuming that 1 and 2 above are correct, then we would be 

comfortable with 

you providing such data for those MSAs in which the total number if 

deaths 

was 10 or more. 

I assume these would all just be summary statistics. It would be 

nice if 

we could see what you are going to send to EPA before you send it 

off just 

so that we have a record of it. 

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Let me know what you (or anyone else) think. 

Thanks 

Sue 

 Susan Gapstur | Vice President, Epidemiology Research Program 

 National Home Office | American Cancer Society, Inc. 

 250 Williams Street, Atlanta, GA 30303 | cancer.org 

 404.329.5741 | fax: 404.327.6450 

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 Rick Burnett 

 <Rick.Burnett@hc-sc.gc 

 .ca> 

 

 To 

 Susan.gapstur@cancer.org, 

 08/23/2010 03:05 PM Michelle.Thun@cancer.org 

 cc 

 "Michelle Turner" 

<mturner@uottawa.ca>, 

 jerrett@usc.ca, dkrewski@uottawa.ca,

 cap3@email.byu.edu 

 

Subject 

 Fw: Urgent Request for Information 

from 

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 your 2009 study 

Susan/Michelle: EPA is interested in using results from our 

analysis of 

the CPSII cohort and air pollution in their standard setting process 

and 

are interested in a concentratoion-response figure on PM2.5 and 

mortality 

we published in JAMA in 2002 and in our recent HEI report. 

They have requested some additional information that they feel would 

help 

them - the number of subjects and deaths by MSA in addition to the 

pollution values assigned to these MSAs 

this information is easy for us to produce but if it is given to EPA 

then 

effectively it will be made public 

so I am asking what you think about this request and whether we 

should 

proceed with it 

thanks for your attention to this matter 

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 Rajan.Pradeep@epa 

 mail.epa.gov 

 

 To 

 2010-08-20 12:36 Rick.Burnett@hc-sc.gc.ca 

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 cc 

 Martin.Karen@epamail.epa.gov, 

 Hubbell.Bryan@epamail.epa.gov,

 HassettSipple.Beth@epamail.epa.gov 

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 Subject 

 Urgent Request for Information 

from 

 your 2009 study 

Dear Dr. Burnett, 

Subsequent to our recent discussions with you regarding the 

confidence 

bounds associated with a PM2.5 concentration-response function, we 

were 

asked by our CASAC to consider information on the concentrations 

that were 

most influential in generating the health effect estimates reported 

in 

individual epidemiological studies. 

Consequently, we are interested in examining the distribution of 

PM2.5 

concentrations in conjunction with the number of deaths among the 

cohort 

members included in your published study “Extended Follow-Up and 

Spatial 

Analysis of the American Cancer Society Study Linking Particulate 

Air 

Pollution and Mortality.” 

Specifically, if available we are interested in receiving from you 

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the 

total number of all-cause deaths and the total number of ACS 

participants 

for each of the 58 MSAs included in your analysis of 1979-1983 PM2.5 

data. 

We are also interested in receiving from you the total number of 

all-cause 

deaths and the total number of ACS participants for each of 116 MSAs 

in 

your analysis of 1999-2000 PM2.5 data. 

If you find that is not feasible to provide us with the MSA-specific 

number 

of deaths we would appreciate receiving just the MSA-specific number 

of 

study participants across the entire study period. 

We anticipate that this information would provide us with an 

understanding 

of the distribution of PM2.5 concentrations linked with the health 

effect 

among your study population and therefore an indication of which 

PM2.5 

concentrations are likely to be most influential in generating the 

reported 

health effect estimates. 

Thanks in advance for your help! 

Pradeep Rajan 

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Pradeep Rajan, ScD 

Ambient Standards Group 

Health and Environmental Impacts Division Office of Air Quality 

Planning 

and Standards U.S. EPA mail code: C504-06 RTP, NC 27711 

office: 919-541-2580 

fax: 919-541-0237 

email: rajan.pradeep@epa.gov 

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(See attached file: acs_pm25_80_msa.csv)(See attached file: 

acs_pm25_00_msa.csv) 

(See attached file: acs_pm25_80_msa58.csv)(See attached file: 

acs_pm25_00_msa116.csv) 

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