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Journal article reporting two floor tile installers, one with biopsy-proved pleural mesothelioma and one with extensive pleural calcifications, who had frequently sanded asphalt and vinyl-asbestos tile. It also reports a simulated tile-sanding test in which air samples showed asbestos fiber concentrations of 1.2 and 1.3 fibers per ml, and it recommends respiratory protection or alternate installation methods. unreviewed
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- Author
- Raymond L. Murphy (Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Physiology (reprint contact)); Barry W. Levine; Faiq J. Al Bazzaz (Research Fellow in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School); John J. Lynch; William A. Burgess
- Published by
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health (published in American Review of Respiratory Disease)
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, Union Carbide 13
- Date
- 1971
- Number
- Bates A17947 to A17951
- Rights
- A published article used as a document in asbestos litigation. Its copyright is not ours, so we describe it and link to it rather than host it.
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RAYMOND L. MURPHY, BARRY W. LEVINE, FAIQ J. AL BAZZAZ, JOHN J. LYNCH, WILLIAM A. BURGESS. "Floor Tile Installation as a Source of Asbestos Exposure." American Review of Respiratory Disease 104:576-580, 1971.
People and organizations
From Raymond L. Murphy (Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Physiology (reprint contact)); Barry W. Levine; Faiq J. Al Bazzaz (Research Fellow in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School); John J. Lynch; William A. Burgess.
- Faiq J. Al Bazzaz (author)
- William A. Burgess (author)
- Barry W. Levine (author)
- John J. Lynch (author)
- Raymond L. H. Murphy, Jr. (author)
- American Review of Respiratory Disease (named)
- Harvard Medical School (named)
- Harvard School of Public Health (named)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (named)
- National Institutes of Health (named)
- U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) (named)
Related pages
Pages on our site about what this document covers: Air Sampling · Asbestos Floor Tile, Sheet Flooring, and Black Mastic · Massachusetts Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated · Pleural Plaques and Pleural Thickening.
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This is document Union Carbide 13 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 5 pages. Production numbers A17947 to A17951.
Cited by Barry Castleman
In Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects (5th edition, 2005), which cites it in:
- Chapter 9 (Company Knowledge), p. 545
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Raymond L. Murphy (Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Physiology (reprint contact)), Barry W. Levine, Faiq J. Al Bazzaz (Research Fellow in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School), John J. Lynch, William A. Burgess. “Murphy, Levine, Al Bazzaz, Lynch and Burgess, 'Floor Tile Installation as a Source of Asbestos Exposure,' American Review of Respiratory Disease.” 1971. Union Carbide documents, Union Carbide 13, Bates A17947 to A17951. Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health (published in American Review of Respiratory Disease). AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/b1-013.
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