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Journal article giving the author's personal view of how asbestosis is diagnosed. It reviews British regulation of the asbestos industry from 1931 to 1969, the four diagnostic criteria (exposure history, physical signs, radiological changes, lung function tests), and a table comparing Merewether's 1929 findings with 1975 prevalence at a Rochdale textile factory. The author concludes that asbestosis is preventable and that the world cannot do without asbestos at present. unreviewed
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- Author
- H. C. Lewinsohn, M.B., B.Ch., D.I.H. (Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health, Montreal, Canada; footnote gives a Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. corporate headquarters address in Trumbull, CN)
- Published by
- Journal of Occupational Medicine (article by H. C. Lewinsohn, Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health, Montreal)
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-1286
- Date
- September 1977
- Number
- Bates A02049 to A02052
- 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.
Read the article
H. C. Lewinsohn, M.B., B.Ch., D.I.H.. "Asbestosis — A Diagnostic Enigma: A Personal View." Journal of Occupational Medicine 19(5):607, 1977.
People and organizations
From H. C. Lewinsohn, M.B., B.Ch., D.I.H. (Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health, Montreal, Canada; footnote gives a Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. corporate headquarters address in Trumbull, CN).
- HM Factory Inspectorate (named)
- Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health (named)
- Journal of Occupational Medicine (named)
- Raybestos-Manhattan (named)
- Senior Medical Inspector's Advisory Panel on Asbestos (named)
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This is document UC-1286 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 4 pages. Production numbers A02049 to A02052.
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“H. C. Lewinsohn, "Asbestosis — A Diagnostic Enigma: A Personal View," Journal of Occupational Medicine.” September 1977. Union Carbide documents, UC-1286, Bates A02049 to A02052. Journal of Occupational Medicine (article by H. C. Lewinsohn, Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health, Montreal). AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-1286.
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