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Alison D. McDonald Letter to the Editor on Mesothelioma Cases in a Connecticut Friction Products Plant, with H. C. Lewinsohn Routing Note to M. J. Teta (1985)

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A cover sheet carries a handwritten note from H. C. Lewinsohn to M. J. Teta asking for comment on the attached material, dated 1/30/86, plus a handwritten note from Alison McDonald to Lewinsohn dated 23 Jan 85. The attachment is a letter 'To the Editor' by McDonald about three mesothelioma cases in Teta et al.'s Connecticut study, stating that the cases were not mesothelioma deaths in the friction products plant cohort he had studied.

Author
Alison D. McDonald (MD, FFCH, Research director, Institut de Recherche en Santé et en Sécurité du Travail du Québec); Hilton C. Lewinsohn (Medical Director, Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Group)
Published by
Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics Group (Medical Director's office); enclosure from IRSST, Québec
Series
Union Carbide documents, UC-4293
Date
January 23, 1985
Number
Bates UCC 011156 to AU2020
Library no.
ACL Doc 18881 · asbestosclaims.law/library/18881
Rights
A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.

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What the document holds

  • Page 1: Cover sheet: Lewinsohn handwritten note to M. J. Teta (1/30/86) and McDonald handwritten note to Lewinsohn (23 Jan 85), IRSST letterhead
  • Pages 2-3: Draft 'For Publication' letter to the Editor from Alison D. McDonald on mesothelioma cases in Teta et al., J Occup Med 1983, with references
  • Page 4: No content visible in OCR; apparently blank

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From Alison D. McDonald (MD, FFCH, Research director, Institut de Recherche en Santé et en Sécurité du Travail du Québec); Hilton C. Lewinsohn (Medical Director, Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Group) to M. J. Teta; Hilton Lewinsohn (Medical Director).

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This is document UC-4293 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 4 pages. Production numbers UCC 011156 to AU2020.

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Alison D. McDonald (MD, FFCH, Research director, Institut de Recherche en Santé et en Sécurité du Travail du Québec), Hilton C. Lewinsohn (Medical Director, Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Group). “Alison D. McDonald Letter to the Editor on Mesothelioma Cases in a Connecticut Friction Products Plant, with H. C. Lewinsohn Routing Note to M. J. Teta.” January 23, 1985. Union Carbide documents, UC-4293, Bates UCC 011156 to AU2020. Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics Group (Medical Director's office); enclosure from IRSST, Québec. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 18881. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/18881.

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