Respiratory News Bulletin, Asbestos Exposure and Small Airways Disease (1976)

A 1976 issue of the Respiratory News Bulletin, a British medical newsletter sponsored by Vitalograph Limited, given over to asbestos (6 pages). The lead article reported a study at the Brompton Hospital in London, presented to a European respiratory society meeting in Göteborg, Sweden, finding "a high incidence of small airways obstruction" in people exposed to asbestos and suggesting flow-volume tests for early detection. Other pieces in the issue covered lung disease, smoking and asbestos, and "Some Facts About Asbestos," with photographs courtesy of Turner & Newall.

In Johns-Manville's index

Johns-Manville's legal department indexed the Motley 1,000 in 1984. Its index describes this document as follows:

Article entitled "Asbestos Exposure and Small Airways Disease," published in Respiratory News Bulletin, 1976. Gives an overview of the medical literature on asbestos disease. Discusses non-occupational exposures and exposure to insulation workers, relationship of smoking and asbestos disease, and the various means of diagnosing and assessing occupational lung disease.

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This is document 327 of the Motley 1,000, from the set the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust's records facility certified as true copies, pages CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-001635 to CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-001640.