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Braun and Truan, An Epidemiological Study of Lung Cancer in Asbestos Miners, reprint from A.M.A. Archives of Industrial Health (1958)

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Reprint of a 1958 journal article reporting a study of lung cancer deaths among Quebec asbestos miners, supported by a grant from the Quebec Asbestos Mining Association. The authors reviewed earlier literature, followed a cohort of 5,958 miners from 1950 to 1955, compared their lung cancer death rates with those of Quebec, Canada and the United States, and concluded the miners did not have a significantly higher lung cancer death rate than comparable general population groups. unreviewed

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Author
Daniel C. Braun, M.D. (Medical Director, Industrial Hygiene Foundation); T. David Truan, M.A. (Statistical Consultant, Industrial Hygiene Foundation)
Published by
Industrial Hygiene Foundation, Pittsburgh (published by the American Medical Association)
Series
Union Carbide documents, UC-1459
Date
June 1958
Number
Bates A03028 to A03041
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Daniel C. Braun, M.D., T. David Truan, M.A.. "An Epidemiological Study of Lung Cancer in Asbestos Miners." A.M.A. Archives of Industrial Health 17:634-653, 1958.

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From Daniel C. Braun, M.D. (Medical Director, Industrial Hygiene Foundation); T. David Truan, M.A. (Statistical Consultant, Industrial Hygiene Foundation).

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This is document UC-1459 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 20 pages. Production numbers A03028 to A03041.

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Daniel C. Braun, M.D. (Medical Director, Industrial Hygiene Foundation), T. David Truan, M.A. (Statistical Consultant, Industrial Hygiene Foundation). “Braun and Truan, An Epidemiological Study of Lung Cancer in Asbestos Miners, reprint from A.M.A. Archives of Industrial Health.” June 1958. Union Carbide documents, UC-1459, Bates A03028 to A03041. Industrial Hygiene Foundation, Pittsburgh (published by the American Medical Association). AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-1459.

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