J. Wister Meigs

Director of the Connecticut Cancer Epidemiology Unit and Clinical Professor of Epidemiology at Yale around 1979–1983; co-authored with Lewinsohn and Teta a study of 229 Connecticut mesothelioma cases (1935–1977) and received a 1980 NCI letter on a proposed SEER case-control study.

J. Wister Meigs appears in 15 Union Carbide documents (1979–1983). The documents describe J. Wister Meigs as Director at Connecticut Cancer Epidemiology Unit.

Titles in the documents

How documents describe J. Wister Meigs, each as the documents state it, with how many say so and the years they span. We record what the documents say and don't choose between them.

• Director at Connecticut Cancer Epidemiology Unit, 1979–1980, in 9 documents
• Yale University School of Medicine, 1980–1982, in 3 documents
• Connecticut Cancer Epidemiology Unit, 1980, in 1 document
• Clinical Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, 1983, in 1 document

In the Union Carbide documents

J. Wister Meigs is named in 15 Union Carbide documents dated 1979 to 1983 (12 as author, 3 as recipient), from asbestos lawsuits over Union Carbide's Calidria asbestos. All are published in our collection.

• Lewinsohn, Meigs and Teta, The Influence of Occupational and Environmental Asbestos Exposure on the Incidence of Malignant Mesothelioma in Connecticut (1979) UC-889
• Lewinsohn, Meigs, Teta and Flannery, The Influence of Occupational and Environmental Asbestos Exposure on the Incidence of Malignant Mesothelioma in Connecticut (1980) UC-4096
• H. C. Lewinsohn, J. W. Meigs and M. J. Teta, Draft Presentation 'Malignant Mesothelioma in Connecticut 1935-1977' to the Connecticut Thoracic Society, with Added Pages (1980) UC-512
• H. C. Lewinsohn, J. W. Meigs and M. J. Teta, Draft of 'Malignant Mesothelioma in Connecticut 1935-1977' for the Connecticut Thoracic Society (1980) UC-2627
• H. C. Lewinsohn, J. W. Meigs and M. J. Teta, Draft of 'Malignant Mesothelioma in Connecticut 1935-1977' for the Connecticut Thoracic Society (1980) UC-4215
• H. C. Lewinsohn, J. W. Meigs and M. J. Teta, Draft of 'Malignant Mesothelioma in Connecticut 1935-1977' for the Connecticut Thoracic Society (1980) UC-4886
• Compilation of H. C. Lewinsohn Papers on Mesothelioma, Pleural Plaques and HLA Antigens in Asbestos Workers (1974-1980) UC-1291
• H. C. Levinsohn, J. W. Meigs and M. J. Teta, 'Malignant Mesothelioma in Connecticut 1935-1977' (Presentation to the Connecticut Thoracic Society, 1980) UC-4874
• Lewinsohn, Meigs and Teta, Malignant Mesothelioma in Connecticut 1935-1977: Draft Presentation to the Connecticut Thoracic Society with Annotated Drafts and Pathology Review (1980) UC-1271
• Robert Spirtas (NCI) to Dr. J. Wister Meigs (Yale) on a Proposed SEER Mesothelioma Case-Control Study, with Attached Connecticut Mesothelioma Pathology Review (1980) UC-4885 (recipient)
• Hilton C. Lewinsohn to J. Wister Meigs Transmitting Draft Proposal for a General Electric Mesothelioma Case-Control Study (1982) UC-4221 (recipient)
• Hilton C. Lewinsohn to J. Wister Meigs Enclosing Draft Proposal for a Study of Mesothelioma Among General Electric Employees (1982) UC-5137 (recipient)
• Teta, Lewinsohn, Meigs, Vidone, Mowad and Flannery, 'Mesothelioma in Connecticut, 1955-1977: Occupational and Geographic Associations' (1983) UC-1261
• Meigs and Lewinsohn Research Plan on Occupational and Environmental Asbestos Exposure and Malignant Mesothelioma in Connecticut, with John H. Marsh Memo Slip UC-2621
• H. C. Lewinsohn, J. W. Meigs and M. J. Teta, The Influence of Occupational and Environmental Asbestos Exposure on the Incidence of Malignant Mesothelioma in Connecticut (abstract, handwritten draft and manuscript) UC-2622

Names in the documents

The spellings documents use for J. Wister Meigs, OCR misreadings included, so a search for any of them finds this page: J. W. Meigs · J. Wister Meigs, M.D. · J.W. Meigs · Dr. J. Wister Meigs.

Where this comes from

This page brings together every document in our library that names J. Wister Meigs, across collections. Titles and affiliations are taken from the documents themselves.