Lewinsohn, Meigs and Teta, The Influence of Occupational and Environmental Asbestos Exposure on the Incidence of Malignant Mesothelioma in Connecticut (1979)

A 29-page exhibit that includes a conference abstract, a draft paper and a research proposal by Lewinsohn, Meigs and Teta on mesothelioma in Connecticut. The abstract and paper describe a review of 229 Connecticut Tumor Registry mesothelioma cases (1935-1977) and report poor diagnostic confirmation, a rising incidence after 1955, and plans for case-control comparisons of occupational asbestos exposure. The exhibit also has a blank abstract-typing form with an unrelated sea-snake venom example, handwritten notes, tables and a figure. unreviewed

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J.C. Lewinsohn, J.W. Meigs, M.J. Teta. "THE INFULENCE OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIKONMENTAL ASBESTOS EXPOSURE ON THE INCIDENCE 9f MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA IN CT." 1979.

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What the document holds

• Page 1: Instructions for typing an abstract, with a sea-snake venom (erabutoxins) example abstract; deadline April 30 1979
• Page 2: Abstract of the Lewinsohn, Meigs and Teta mesothelioma study, with a received stamp
• Page 3: Handwritten notes on the 229 cases and the years 1930 and 1977 (mostly illegible in OCR)
• Page 4: Title page of the paper
• Pages 5-13: Text of the paper: introduction, methodology, results, summary, acknowledgements
• Pages 14-15: References
• Page 16: Author affiliations and addresses
• Pages 17-18: Figure 1, age-adjusted mesothelioma incidence rates by decade, Connecticut 1935-1974
• Pages 19-23: List of tables and Tables 1-4 on case counts, data sources and diagnostic evidence
• Pages 24-29: Research proposal: aims, problem statement, materials and methods, expected findings, and a rotated table

People and organizations

From J.C. Lewinsohn (Corporate Medical Director, Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.; Lecturer, Yale School of Epidemiology and Public Health); J.W. Meigs (Director, Connecticut Cancer Epidemiology Unit); M.J. Teta (Associate in Research, Connecticut Cancer Epidemiology Unit).

• J. Wister Meigs (author)
• Mary Jane Teta (author)
• Connecticut Cancer Epidemiology Unit (its organization)
• Air Compliance Unit of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (named)
• Connecticut Tumor Registry (named)
• Division of Health Statistics of the Connecticut Department of Health (named)
• Price and Lee City Directories (named)
• World Health Organization (named)
• Yale University (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Crocidolite: Blue Asbestos, the Deadliest Type · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated.

About this copy

This is document UC-889 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 29 pages. Production numbers A00465 to A00508.