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A Study of Asbestosis in the Asbestos Textile Industry, by Dreessen, Dallavalle, Edwards, Miller, Sayers et al., U.S. Public Health Service Bulletin No. 241 (1938)

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Excerpt of the 1938 U.S. Public Health Service bulletin reporting a study of asbestosis among workers in the asbestos textile industry, prepared by the Division of Industrial Hygiene, National Institute of Health, with the North Carolina State Board of Health. The exhibit includes the cover, the NIH organization page, contents, and text, tables, charts and figures through page 40, then pages 53-56 (the final pages, apparently including the summary and recommendations). Most body text is unreadable in the OCR.

Author
Waldemar C. Dreessen (Passed Assistant Surgeon); J. M. Dallavalle (Passed Assistant Sanitary Engineer); Thomas I. Edwards (Technical Editor); J. W. Miller (Pathologist); R. R. Sayers (Senior Surgeon)
Published by
U.S. Treasury Department, Public Health Service (Division of Industrial Hygiene, National Institute of Health)
Series
Union Carbide documents, UC-4095
Date
August 1938
Number
Bates UCC 017675 to A21549
Library no.
ACL Doc 18707 · asbestosclaims.law/library/18707
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From Waldemar C. Dreessen (Passed Assistant Surgeon); J. M. Dallavalle (Passed Assistant Sanitary Engineer); Thomas I. Edwards (Technical Editor); J. W. Miller (Pathologist); R. R. Sayers (Senior Surgeon).

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos Textiles: Cloth, Garments, Gloves, and Blankets · Industrial Hygiene · What is asbestosis.

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This is document UC-4095 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 57 pages. Production numbers UCC 017675 to A21549.

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Waldemar C. Dreessen (Passed Assistant Surgeon), J. M. Dallavalle (Passed Assistant Sanitary Engineer), Thomas I. Edwards (Technical Editor), J. W. Miller (Pathologist), R. R. Sayers (Senior Surgeon). “A Study of Asbestosis in the Asbestos Textile Industry, by Dreessen, Dallavalle, Edwards, Miller, Sayers et al., U.S. Public Health Service Bulletin No. 241.” August 1938. Union Carbide documents, UC-4095, Bates UCC 017675 to A21549. U.S. Treasury Department, Public Health Service (Division of Industrial Hygiene, National Institute of Health). AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 18707. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/18707.

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