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Textbook Chapter Excerpt on Inhalation Diseases Due to Inorganic Dust, Including Asbestosis and Asbestos-Related Cancer, with Cover Note

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Excerpt of printed pages 933-939 from Chapter 12, "Inhalation Diseases of the Lung," in a medical text. It covers asbestosis (epidemiology, pathology, X-ray findings, symptoms, lung function, and the link to lung cancer and mesothelioma), then talcosis, kaolin and mica pneumoconiosis, and the start of a section on coal workers' pneumoconiosis. The last page is a "From the desk of... Libby Mount" note. Page 2 carries handwritten underlining and star marks. unreviewed

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Union Carbide documents, UC-1728
Number
Bates BRG 1052 to BRG 1057
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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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"Inhalation Diseases of the Lung." :933-939.

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  • Pages 1-2: Printed pp. 933-934: asbestosis epidemiology, asbestos types, pathologic characteristics, start of roentgenographic manifestations (page 2 has handwritten underlining and stars)
  • Page 3: Figure 12-10 legend: X-ray description of asbestosis in a 61-year-old asbestos miner
  • Page 4: Printed p. 936: pleural calcification, plaques, clinical manifestations, pulmonary function studies, relationship to neoplasia
  • Page 5: Printed p. 937: asbestos and cancer/mesothelioma, then talcosis
  • Page 6: Figure 12-11 legend: pulmonary talcosis case in a 31-year-old woman
  • Page 7: Printed p. 939: talcosis continued, kaolin and mica pneumoconiosis, start of coal workers' pneumoconiosis
  • Page 8: Note reading "From the desk of... Libby Mount" (BRG 1052)

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos and Lung Cancer · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated · Pneumoconiosis · What is asbestosis.

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This is document UC-1728 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 8 pages. Production numbers BRG 1052 to BRG 1057.

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“Textbook Chapter Excerpt on Inhalation Diseases Due to Inorganic Dust, Including Asbestosis and Asbestos-Related Cancer, with Cover Note.” Union Carbide documents, UC-1728, Bates BRG 1052 to BRG 1057. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-1728.

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