Letter to Disqualified Respondents

Attachment Q

Letter to Disqualified Respondents

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service

National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health

Robert A. Taft Laboratories

4676 Columbia Parkway

Cincinnati OH 45226-1998

Dear Study Participant:

Thank you for your participation in the NIOSH airplane cargo baggage handling study. As shown in your reported monthly questionnaire, you have been pregnant since the last month. Because musculoskeletal symptoms are common among pregnant women, we cannot assure that your reported musculoskeletal symptoms, if any, are work-related. Work-related musculoskeletal symptoms are the main focus of the study. Therefore, we are kindly asking you to stop participating in the study. If there is any question about this decision, please contact Jack Lu,

NIOSH researcher at mlu@cdc.gov or 513-533-8158.

Sincerely,

Jack Lu, PhD, CPE

Researcher

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)