Asbestos Toxicity: Literature Search No. 77-14, January 1970 through July 1977

This document is not a research study. It is a bibliography, Literature Search No. 77-14 from the National Library of Medicine, listing 698 citations on asbestos toxicity that were added to the MEDLINE database between January 1970 and July 1977. It includes and updates an earlier search, L.S. 73-31. The references were selected from some 3,000 English and foreign-language biomedical journals and a limited number of monographs. According to its introduction, the list emphasizes asbestos-related diseases, particularly respiratory effects and cancer in humans exposed to asbestos fibers and dust. It also covers adverse effects, poisoning, and toxicologic studies in humans and experimental animals. It further lists articles on methods of measuring asbestos in air, water, soil, food, beverages and household products, on techniques for controlling it, on exposure standards, and on occupational and public health measures. Each entry gives the citation and the Medical Subject Headings under which the article was indexed. The bibliography contains no data, results or conclusions of its own.

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From J-M's medical library

This copy comes from the Johns-Manville medical library. J-M listed it in its medical library index as no. 004521. Barry Castleman cites it in chapter 10, "Historical Research on Toxic Substances", of Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects (5th ed., 2005); see Reading Castleman.