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A JAMA editorial by Selikoff and Hammond on the interaction of asbestos exposure and cigarette smoking. It reports follow-up data on 12,051 asbestos insulation workers, 1967-1976, with lung cancer and asbestosis death rates, and advises exposed workers to stop smoking. Page 2 carries the end of the reference list and a separate editorial on stress by Norman Cousins. unreviewed
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- Author
- Irving J. Selikoff, MD (Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York); E. Cuyler Hammond, ScD (American Cancer Society, New York)
- Published by
- Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), editorials section
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-1456
- Number
- Bates A02921 to A02922
- 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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Irving J. Selikoff, MD, E. Cuyler Hammond, ScD. "Asbestos and Smoking." JAMA, 1979.
People and organizations
From Irving J. Selikoff, MD (Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York); E. Cuyler Hammond, ScD (American Cancer Society, New York).
- E. Cuyler Hammond (author)
- Irving J. Selikoff (author)
- Journal of the American Medical Association (its organization)
- American Cancer Society (named)
- Ann NY Acad Sci (named)
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York (named)
- National Cancer Institute (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-1456 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 2 pages. Production numbers A02921 to A02922.
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Irving J. Selikoff, MD (Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York), E. Cuyler Hammond, ScD (American Cancer Society, New York). “I. J. Selikoff and E. C. Hammond, 'Asbestos and Smoking,' JAMA Editorial (1979).” Union Carbide documents, UC-1456, Bates A02921 to A02922. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), editorials section. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-1456.
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