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Letter from Dr. Gardner replying to Dr. Hektoen's letter of September 27. It describes asbestosis, where asbestos workers were exposed, and his view that evidence linking asbestosis and pulmonary cancer was accumulating. He also says he is sending reprints of earlier Saranac Laboratory studies.
- Author
- Leroy U. Gardner, M.D. (Director (Saranac Laboratory, per the text))
- Published by
- Saranac Laboratory
- Series
- Asbestos Information Association documents, AIA-88
- Date
- September 29, 1943
- Number
- Bates 00010237
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 20988 · asbestosclaims.law/library/20988
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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From Leroy U. Gardner, M.D. (Director (Saranac Laboratory, per the text)) to Dr. Ludvig Hektoen (Executive Director, National Advisory Cancer Council, Chicago).
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This is document AIA-88 of the Asbestos Information Association documents, documents used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits, 1 page. Production numbers 00010237.
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“Leroy U. Gardner to Dr. Ludvig Hektoen on Asbestosis and Lung Cancer.” September 29, 1943. Asbestos Information Association documents, AIA-88, Bates 00010237. Saranac Laboratory. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 20988. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/20988.
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