Attach 15A_Buccal Kit Cover Letter Iowa

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www.aghealth.org

Executive Committee

Michael C. R. Alavanja, Dr. P.H.

Project Officer

National Cancer Institute

National Institutes of Health

U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services

Executive Plaza South, RM 8000

Rockville, MD 20852

Tel 301.435.4720

Aaron Blair, Ph.D.

Assistant Project Officer

National Cancer Institute

National Institutes of Health

U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services

Executive Plaza South, RM 8118

Rockville, MD 20852

Tel 301.496.9094

Jane A. Hoppin, Sc.D.

Epidemiology Branch

National Institute of Environmental

Health Sciences

National Institutes of Health

U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services

P.O. Box 12233

Mail Drop A3-05

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Tel 919.541.7622

Dale P. Sandler, Ph.D.

Chief, Epidemiology Branch

National Institute of Environmental

Health Sciences

National Institutes of Health

U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services

P.O. Box 12233

Mail Drop A3-05

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Tel 919.541.4668

Kent Thomas

Team Leader, Agricultural Health Study Pesticide Exposure Study

National Exposure Research
Laboratory

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Mail Drop E205-04

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

Tel 919.541.7939

Area Directors

Charles Knott, M.P.A.

North Carolina Director

Battelle

Centers for Public Health
Research & Evaluation

100 Capitola Drive

Durham, NC 27713

Tel 919.544.3717

Charles F. Lynch, M.D., Ph.D.

Iowa Director

University of Iowa

Department of Epidemiology

C21-L GH

Iowa City, IA 52242

Tel 319.384.5006

Marsha Dunn, M.P.H.

Coordinating Center Director

Westat

1650 Research Blvd.

Rockville, MD 20850

Tel 301.738.3557

Agricultural Health Study

Iowa Field Station

THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA • 100 OAKDALE CAMPUS • N251 OH • IOWA CITY, IA 52242-5000 • 1.800.217.1954

ttachment 15A: Buccal Cell Kit Cover for Iowa Residents

[Date]

To: Agricultural Health Study Participant

From: Charles Lynch, M.D., Ph.D.

Director, Iowa Field Station

Thank you for participating in our follow-up interview for the Agricultural Health Study. You are an essential member of this study, which is designed to learn about how occupation and environmental factors affect an individual’s health. Thanks to your participation, this now is the largest one of its kind in the United States.

As we discussed on the phone, we would like to collect a sample of loose cells from your mouth. This is done simply by swishing mouthwash in your mouth and then expelling it into the accompanying container (see the enclosed DIRECTIONS FOR MOUTHWASH). The cells will be kept in a freezer for long-term storage, and will be used for later laboratory analysis that will involve genetic testing. This will take only a few minutes of your time and will provide very important information for the study. Once you collect this sample, please return it as soon as possible in the padded envelope enclosed. If we have not received the kit back in a few weeks, we may contact you to see if you have any questions or concerns.

We will continue to inform you about the study’s progress on various aspects of research through periodic communications. If you have any questions, please call us at 1-800-217-1954. We will be glad to assist you.

We truly value your continued participation in this landmark study of agricultural workers and their families. Because you have already provided us with valuable information no other person can take your place.

Thank you once again for your time and support.