N. H. Ketchan to G. F. Johnson Transmitting Industrial Hygiene Digest Abstracts on Asbestos and Cancer (1967)

A short cover note dated December 14, 1967 from N. H. Ketchan to Dr. G. F. Johnson encloses abstracts from current literature on carcinogenic properties of inhaled asbestos. The attachments are six pages from the Industrial Hygiene Digest (1966-1967 issues). They abstract studies of asbestos exposure, asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma, along with unrelated items on other subjects.

What the document holds

• Page 7: Cover note, N. H. Ketchan to Dr. G. F. Johnson, Dec. 14, 1967, enclosing abstracts on asbestos and cancer (stamped BRG 0813)
• Page 1: Industrial Hygiene Digest, October 1967, abstracts 947-952, including Demy and Adler, 'Asbestosis and Malignancy' (marked in margin)
• Page 2: Industrial Hygiene Digest, September 1967, abstracts 866-869, including Gilson on health hazards of asbestos and Cuthbert on asbestos danger to the general population
• Page 3: Industrial Hygiene Digest, May 1967, abstracts 482-487, including Kogan et al. on the carcinogenic effect of asbestos dust
• Page 4: Industrial Hygiene Digest, February 1967, abstracts 182-186 on asbestos: rheumatoid factor, pipe insulators, malignancies, community exposure, pleural calcification
• Page 5: Industrial Hygiene Digest, October 1966, including O'Donnell et al. on asbestos and bronchogenic carcinoma and mesothelioma, and a glass dust abstract with editor's note
• Page 6: Industrial Hygiene Digest, September 1966, abstracts including Hinson, Hardy, Harington and Nagelschmidt on asbestos

People and organizations

From N. H. Ketchan to Dr. G. F. Johnson (Building 706-M); Mr. R. M. Berg (copy recipient); Mr. B. J. Cottrell (copy recipient); C. U. Dernehl, M. D. (copy recipient).

• N. H. Ketcham (author)
• G. F. Johnson (recipient)
• Carl U. Dernehl (copied)
• Am. J. Roentgenol (named)
• Industrial Hygiene Digest (named)
• J. Am. Med. Assn. References & Reviews (named)
• Public Health Eng. Absts (named)
• Trans. Soc. Occ. Med (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos and Lung Cancer · Industrial Hygiene · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated · What is asbestosis.

About this copy

This is document UC-1723 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 7 pages. Production numbers BRG 0813 to BRG 0819.