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Journal article by Irving J. Selikoff reporting mortality and clinical surveillance findings for New York-area asbestos insulation workers followed from 1963 to 1974. It reports deaths from lung cancer, mesothelioma and asbestosis, and describes the chest x-ray surveillance program and its limited effect on prognosis. unreviewed
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- Author
- Irving J. Selikoff (Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, The City University of New York)
- Published by
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Environmental Sciences Laboratory (published in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences)
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-1453
- Date
- 1976
- Number
- Bates A02879 to A02886
- 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
Irving J. Selikoff. "Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma During Prospective Surveillance of 1249 Asbestos Insulation Workers, 1963-1974." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 271:448-449, 1976.
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From Irving J. Selikoff (Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, The City University of New York).
- Irving J. Selikoff (author)
- AFL-CIO (named)
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (named)
- Health Research Council of the City of New York (named)
- International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers (named)
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine (named)
- The City University of New York (named)
- U.S. National Office of Vital Statistics (named)
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Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos Exposure in Insulators and Insulation Workers · Asbestos and Lung Cancer · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated · What is asbestosis.
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This is document UC-1453 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 9 pages. Production numbers A02879 to A02886.
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Irving J. Selikoff (Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, The City University of New York). “I. J. Selikoff, Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma During Prospective Surveillance of 1249 Asbestos Insulation Workers, 1963-1974.” 1976. Union Carbide documents, UC-1453, Bates A02879 to A02886. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Environmental Sciences Laboratory (published in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences). AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-1453.
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