N. H. Ketcham to Dr. G. F. Johnson Forwarding Industrial Hygiene Digest Abstracts on Asbestos and Cancer (1967)

A short note from N. H. Ketcham to Dr. G. F. Johnson enclosing abstracts from current literature on carcinogenic properties of inhaled asbestos, with copies to R. M. Berg, B. J. Cottrell, C. U. Dernehl, M.D., and Fred Williams. Attached are six pages of abstracts from Industrial Hygiene Digest issues dated 1966-1967. Many of the abstracts concern asbestos, cancer, mesothelioma and asbestosis. A handwritten annotation at the foot of the note records a follow-up telephone call.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Note from N. H. Ketcham to Dr. G. F. Johnson, December 14, 1967, enclosing abstracts, with a handwritten follow-up note about a call to George on Jan. 2
• Page 2: Industrial Hygiene Digest, October 1967: abstracts 947-952, including 'Asbestosis and Malignancy' (Demy and Adler)
• Page 3: Industrial Hygiene Digest, September 1967: abstracts including 'Health Hazards of Asbestos' (Gilson) and 'Danger of Asbestos for General Population' (Cuthbert)
• Page 4: Industrial Hygiene Digest, May 1967: abstracts including 'On the Carcinogenic Effect of Asbestos Dust' (Kogan et al.)
• Page 5: Industrial Hygiene Digest, February 1967: abstracts on asbestos workers, pipe insulators, malignancies, and pleural calcification
• Page 6: Industrial Hygiene Digest, October 1966: abstracts including O'Donnell et al. on asbestos, bronchogenic carcinoma and mesothelioma, and a glass dust study with an editor's note
• Page 7: Industrial Hygiene Digest, September 1966: abstracts on cancer of the lungs after asbestos exposure, asbestos-related disease, chemical studies of asbestos, and asbestos in lung tissue

People and organizations

From N. H. Ketcham to Dr. G. F. Johnson (Building 706-M).

• N. H. Ketcham (author)
• G. F. Johnson (recipient)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Am. J. Roentgenol (named)
• Industrial Hygiene Digest (named)
• J. Am. Med. Assn. References & Reviews (named)
• Public Health Eng. Absts (named)
• Trans. Soc. Occ. Med (named)

Related pages

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

About this copy

This is document UC-3304 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 7 pages. Production numbers UCC 000447 to UCC 000453.