Re: Q:therapeutic doses - pneumothorax

[Chris Alston <alstonc@odrge.odr.georgetown.edu>]

What's the betting he means the BEIR reports? They do contain discussions of
those sorts of things. Try BEIR V first.

At 03:13  10/07/98 -0500, you wrote:
>A colleague called and asked if I had any information about what
>therapeutic doses were given to patients to treat a condition called
>pneumothorax.  He also mentioned treatment of TB patients during the 50s
>and 60s, but it wasn't clear if that was related.  He also made mention of
>something called the BRIER reports.
>
>Does anyone have information on this, or can even make sense of what he's
>asking?  He apparently has little access to references, and I'm not sure
>we'd have much relevant in our office.
>
>Thanks much!
>
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