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Asbestos Reprints Circulated Within Union Carbide: AIA Medical Advisory Panel Diagnostic Criteria and Lewinsohn on Medical Surveillance, with Johnkoski and Rankin Transmittal Memos (1983)

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Compilation of two Union Carbide transmittal memos (February 1983) and two attached published reprints. The reprints are the Asbestos International Association Medical Advisory Panel's 1982 criteria for diagnosing asbestosis, with notes on mesothelioma and lung cancer, and H. C. Lewinsohn's September 1982 Connecticut Medicine article on medical surveillance of asbestos-exposed persons. Johnkoski's memo says Dr. Lewinsohn is available to answer questions, and Rankin's memo refers to an addendum to Lewinsohn's February 1983 talk. unreviewed

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Author
V. H. Johnkoski (Ethylene Oxide/Glycol Division, Union Carbide Corporation); R. R. Rankin (Originating dept. HS & EA (Danbury)); S. F. McCullagh et al. (Medical Advisory Panel, Asbestos International Association); Hilton C. Lewinsohn, M.B. (Author of the Connecticut Medicine article; reprint requests directed to Union Carbide HS&EA Dept.)
Published by
Union Carbide Corporation
Series
Union Carbide documents, UC-1720
Date
February 25, 1983
Number
Bates BRG 0799 to BRG 0810
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

S.F. McCullagh et al.. "Criteria for the Diagnosis of Asbestosis and Considerations in the Attribution of Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma to Asbestos Exposure." Int Arch Occup Environ Health 49:357-361, 1982.

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What the document holds

  • Pages 1-5: McCullagh et al., Criteria for the Diagnosis of Asbestosis and Considerations in the Attribution of Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma to Asbestos Exposure, Int Arch Occup Environ Health 49:357-361 (1982)
  • Pages 6-10: H. C. Lewinsohn, The Medical Surveillance of Persons Exposed to Asbestos, Connecticut Medicine, Sept. 1982, Vol. 46 No. 9 (reprint)
  • Page 11: Memo from V. H. Johnkoski, Ethylene Oxide/Glycol Division, 'Asbestos Reprints', Feb. 25, 1983, stamped received Mar. 1, 1983
  • Page 12: Internal correspondence from R. R. Rankin, HS & EA, Danbury, to GOHC list, 'Asbestos Reprints', Feb. 22, 1983, forwarding an addendum to Lewinsohn's talk

People and organizations

From V. H. Johnkoski (Ethylene Oxide/Glycol Division, Union Carbide Corporation); R. R. Rankin (Originating dept. HS & EA (Danbury)); S. F. McCullagh et al. (Medical Advisory Panel, Asbestos International Association); Hilton C. Lewinsohn, M.B. (Author of the Connecticut Medicine article; reprint requests directed to Union Carbide HS&EA Dept.) to GOHC (See Attached List) (Rankin memo distribution); Distribution list incl. G. Guzzardo, R. Rowe, A. Carlson, Macfarlane, Peel, R. E. Robertson, D. R. Shearer, W. R. van der Hoeven (Johnkoski memo (names partly garbled in OCR)).

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About this copy

This is document UC-1720 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 12 pages. Production numbers BRG 0799 to BRG 0810.

Cite this document

V. H. Johnkoski (Ethylene Oxide/Glycol Division, Union Carbide Corporation), R. R. Rankin (Originating dept. HS & EA (Danbury)), S. F. McCullagh et al. (Medical Advisory Panel, Asbestos International Association), Hilton C. Lewinsohn, M.B. (Author of the Connecticut Medicine article, reprint requests directed to Union Carbide HS&EA Dept.). “Asbestos Reprints Circulated Within Union Carbide: AIA Medical Advisory Panel Diagnostic Criteria and Lewinsohn on Medical Surveillance, with Johnkoski and Rankin Transmittal Memos.” February 25, 1983. Union Carbide documents, UC-1720, Bates BRG 0799 to BRG 0810. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-1720.

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