# Medical Testing Associated With Exposure to Asbestos; Meeting
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Division of Health Studies (DHS) announces the following meeting:
*Name:* Medical Testing Associated with Exposure to Asbestos.
*Times and Dates:* 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., June 18, 2001; 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., June 19, 2001.
*Place:* Sheraton Buckhead Hotel; 3405 Lenox Road; Atlanta, GA 30326.
*Status:* Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
*Purpose:* This is a working group meeting to discuss issues related to initial and follow-up testing of persons with environmental and historic occupational exposure to asbestoform materials from vermiculite mined in Libby, MT.
*Matters To Be Discussed:* The agenda will include a discussion on the routes and duration of exposure to asbestoform materials through both historic environmental and occupational routes; commonly conducted screening tests; frequency and periodicity of follow-up testing; use of standard testing procedures; and testing of special and/or sensitive populations.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
*Contact Person for More Information:* Jeffrey A. Lybarger, M.D., director, Division of Health Studies, ATSDR, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, m/s E31, Atlanta, Georgia 30333. Telephone 404/639-6200.
The Director, Management Analysis and Services office has been delegated the authority to sign *Federal Register* notices pertaining to announcements of meetings and other committee management activities for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Dated: May 24, 2001.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.