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E. C. Hammond, I. J. Selikoff and H. Seidman, 'Asbestos Exposure, Cigarette Smoking and Death Rates,' Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (1979)

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Published journal article reporting a mortality study of 17,800 asbestos insulation workers in the United States and Canada followed from 1967 through 1976. It compares their death rates by cause and smoking history with a control group from an American Cancer Society study and with U.S. white males, and reports findings on lung cancer, mesothelioma, asbestosis and other cancers. unreviewed

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E. Cuyler Hammond (Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, American Cancer Society); Irving J. Selikoff (Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine); Herbert Seidman (Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, American Cancer Society)
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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (authors from the American Cancer Society and Mount Sinai School of Medicine)
Series
Union Carbide documents, UC-2395
Date
1979
Number
Bates A02903 to UCC 015543
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E. Cuyler Hammond, Irving J. Selikoff, Herbert Seidman. "ASBESTOS EXPOSURE, CIGARETTE SMOKING AND DEATH RATES." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 330:473-490, 1979.

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From E. Cuyler Hammond (Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, American Cancer Society); Irving J. Selikoff (Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine); Herbert Seidman (Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, American Cancer Society).

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 · NIOSH · What is asbestosis.

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This is document UC-2395 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 18 pages. Production numbers A02903 to UCC 015543.

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E. Cuyler Hammond (Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, American Cancer Society), Irving J. Selikoff (Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine), Herbert Seidman (Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, American Cancer Society). “E. C. Hammond, I. J. Selikoff and H. Seidman, 'Asbestos Exposure, Cigarette Smoking and Death Rates,' Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.” 1979. Union Carbide documents, UC-2395, Bates A02903 to UCC 015543. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (authors from the American Cancer Society and Mount Sinai School of Medicine). AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-2395.

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