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Journal article (pp. 312-317) reporting two cohorts of asbestos insulation workers, 370 men in the New York-New Jersey locals followed 1963-1971 and 17,800 men in the US and Canadian union followed 1967-1971, and analyzing deaths by smoking history. It reports lung cancer, mesothelioma, asbestosis and gastro-intestinal cancer findings, and concludes that asbestos insulation work greatly increases lung cancer risk among cigarette smokers. unreviewed
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- Author
- E. C. HAMMOND (Environmental Cancer Research Project, American Cancer Society); I. J. SELIKOFF (Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York)
- Published by
- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Scientific Publication No. 8, "Biological Effects of Asbestos"
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-2393
- Date
- 1972
- Number
- Bates A02866 to UCC 015494
- 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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E.C. Hammond, I.J. Selikoff. "Relation of cigarette smoking to risk of death of asbestos-associated disease among insulation workers in the United States." IARC Scientific Publication No. 8: Biological Effects of Asbestos:312-317, 1972.
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From E. C. HAMMOND (Environmental Cancer Research Project, American Cancer Society); I. J. SELIKOFF (Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York).
- E. Cuyler Hammond (author)
- Irving J. Selikoff (author)
- IARC (its organization)
- International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers (named)
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York (named)
- World Health Organization (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 · IARC · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated · What is asbestosis.
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This is document UC-2393 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 6 pages. Production numbers A02866 to UCC 015494.
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E. C. HAMMOND (Environmental Cancer Research Project, American Cancer Society), I. J. SELIKOFF (Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York). “E. C. Hammond and I. J. Selikoff, 'Relation of Cigarette Smoking to Risk of Death of Asbestos-Associated Disease among Insulation Workers in the United States' (IARC Scientific Publication No. 8).” 1972. Union Carbide documents, UC-2393, Bates A02866 to UCC 015494. International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Scientific Publication No. 8, "Biological Effects of Asbestos". AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-2393.
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