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2 The first is at section 23, which is not far back from
3 where we have been reading. This is a piece of work with
4 which I am sure you are very familiar, are you not?
5 A. Yes.
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7 Q. This was a cohort study, was it not, prospective study?
8 A. Yes.
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10 Q. In 1987?
11 A. Yes, that was its date of publication.
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13 Q. By a team of American experts, led by Yvonne Jones?
14 A. Correct.
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16 Q. It has become very well known in the field, has it not?
17 A. It is often quoted, yes.
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19 Q. It is often quoted. Can I read the abstract?
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21 MR. MORRIS: Just to be helpful, I think we may have the
22 witness file here; that is part of the problem, because
23 Dr. Barnard took it to read last night. I think he gave
24 it back to us this morning. That is where it has
25 disappeared to.
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27 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What is the one Ms. Steel has got?
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29 MR. RAMPTON: The one the witness now has is a spare.
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31 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Might I suggest that Dr. Barnard have the
32 one you have been using, Mr. Morris. If you and Ms. Steel
33 do not mind sharing the one she is now holding.
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35 MR. RAMPTON: I rather suspect that is, in fact, not the
36 witness bundle because it has "copy" written on the pages.
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38 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I wish I had not said anything at all! Just
39 stay as we are.
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41 THE WITNESS: Thank you.
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43 MR. RAMPTON: Tab 23, please, Dr. Barnard.
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45 MR. JUSTICE BELL: The most important thing is, so long as the
46 witness has a copy, we get on with the questions. We have
47 to follow the evidence, but we have the benefit of a
48 transcript in due course so it is not going to be lost.
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50 MR. RAMPTON: I will read the abstract: "The relationship
51 between dietary fat intake and breast cancer incidence was
52 examined in the National Health and Nutrition Examination
53 Survey 1 (NHANES 1) Epidemiologic Follow-up Study cohort.
54 This cohort is derived from adults", roughly does that
55 mean plus or minus 25 years, that sign?
56 A. It means equal to or greater than.
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58 Q. "... 25 years or older examined in the NHANES 1 (1970-75)
59 cross-sectional survey of the US population and provides a
60 mean follow-up time of 10 years. An analytic sample of
