Lewinsohn, Meigs and Teta, Malignant Mesothelioma in Connecticut 1935-1977: Draft Presentation to the Connecticut Thoracic Society with Annotated Drafts and Pathology Review (1980)

Exhibit of about 111 pages of working drafts, mostly hand-annotated, of a 1980 presentation on malignant mesothelioma cases diagnosed in Connecticut from 1935 to 1977. It includes an anatomic pathology section by R.A.V. dated 10/28/80 with preliminary classification of the first 106 cases, plus methodology, results, discussion, tables, figures, references and a copied JAMA letter on autopsy and asbestos exposure. Pages 41-106 were not sent.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-5: Anatomic Pathology Section draft: introduction, classification of cases, preliminary results of first 106 cases, discussion (signed RAV 10/28/80)
• Pages 6-14: Annotated draft text: Methodology, Results (descriptive epidemiology), Slide Review, Discussion
• Pages 15-23: Tables 1-3 and figures: case characteristics, basis for diagnosis, frequency of autopsy, classification charts, incidence rate graphs, map of cases
• Pages 24-25: Author affiliations and reference list
• Pages 26-27: Typed draft discussion on record deficiencies and the significance of the slide review
• Page 28: Photocopied JAMA, Oct 10, 1980 Letters page, including 'The Autopsy and Asbestos Exposure'
• Pages 29-40: Clean draft dated 10/17/80 of the presentation: title page, introduction, methodology, Table 1, results, figures, slide review, Tables 2-3
• Pages 41-106: Not sent
• Pages 107-109: Repeat of the anatomic pathology discussion pages (A00547-A00549)
• Pages 110-111: Another annotated draft title page and Introduction and Aims

People and organizations

From H. C. Lewinsohn (Corporate Medical Director, Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., and Lecturer, Yale School of Epidemiology and Public Health); J. W. Meigs (Director, Connecticut Cancer Epidemiology Unit; Clinical Professor of Epidemiology, Yale); M. J. Teta (Associate in Research, Connecticut Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Yale School of Epidemiology and Public Health) to Connecticut Thoracic Society (audience of the presentation).

• Hilton Cecil Lewinsohn (author)
• J. Wister Meigs (author)
• Mary Jane Teta (author)
• Connecticut Thoracic Society (recipient)
• Connecticut Cancer Epidemiology Unit (its organization)
• Connecticut Tumor Registry (named)
• Division of Health Statistics of the Connecticut Department of Health Services (named)
• Raybestos-Manhattan (named)
• Yale School of Epidemiology and Public Health (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated · Raybestos-Manhattan.

About this copy

This is document UC-1271 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 111 pages. Production numbers A00545 to A00583.