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THE Medical Research Council has appointed the following to advise and assist in the prosecution of research on. the carcinogenic action of mineral oils : Prof. T. Ferguson, professor of public health, University of Glasgow (chairman) ; Colonel S. J. M. Auld, chairman of Research Group No. 2, Institute of Petroleum ; Prof. J. W. Cook, regius professor of chemistry, University of Glasgow ; Prof. A. Haddow, professor of experimental pathology, University of London, and director of the Chester Beatty Research Institute, Royal Cancer Hospital, London ; Dr. J. O. Irwin, senior research worker, Medical Research Council Statistical Research Unit London School of Hygiene; Prof. J. R. Squire, professor of experimental pathology, University of Birmingham ; Dr. D. L. Woodhouse, officer-in-charge, Cancer Research Laboratory, University of Birmingham ; Dr. J. M. Rogan, Medical Research Council Headquarters Staff (secretary). In addition, the Ministries of Fuel and Power, Health, and Ministry of Labour and National Service, have nominated representatives who will attend meetings when matters of interest to these departments are likely to arise.
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Medical Research Council : Carcinogenic Action of Mineral Oils. Nature 163, 318 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163318b0
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