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Conference Packet for the Medical-Legal Conference on Asbestosis and COPD, West Virginia Thoracic Society (1986)

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A packet from the October 18, 1986 Medical-Legal Conference on asbestosis and COPD in Charleston, West Virginia. It contains the conference cover, reprinted American Thoracic Society (ATS) News articles from 1981 and 1983, a reprinted article on asbestos, Dr. Gary Epler's conference paper on asbestos-related lung and pleural disease with references, other speakers' bibliographies and outlines, and a bibliography for physicians and attorneys. unreviewed

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Author
Gary R. Epler, M.D. (Associate Clinical Professor, Boston University Medical School; Chairman, Department of Medicine, New England Baptist Hospital); Hans Weill (Chairman, ATS position paper (with Margaret R. Becklake and Roger Mitchell)); George L. Zaldivar, M.D., F.C.C.P. (Author of the 'Nocturnal Hypoxemia' bibliography); N. LeRoy Lapp, M.D., P.A.C.P. (Author of 'Common Pitfalls of COPD' outline)
Published by
West Virginia Thoracic Society, American Lung Association of West Virginia, Charleston Area Medical Center, and West Virginia University Medical Center, Charleston Division (conference sponsors)
Series
Union Carbide documents, UC-3599
Date
October 18, 1986
Number
Bates UCC 008248 to UCC 008267
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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"Disability Legislation for Occupational Lung Disease." ATS News, 1981.

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What the document holds

  • Page 1: Cover of the Medical-Legal Conference, Current Issues on Asbestosis and COPD, October 18, 1986, with sponsors
  • Pages 2-3: ATS News (Summer 1981): 'Disability Legislation for Occupational Lung Disease,' with unrelated Trudeau Award notice and information request
  • Pages 4-5: ATS News (Fall 1983): 'Asbestos-Associated Diseases' position paper (Weill, Becklake, Mitchell) with proposed case-evaluation guidelines
  • Pages 6-8: Reprinted article 'Enemies in the Dust: Asbestos' on asbestos uses, health hazards and NIOSH recommendations
  • Pages 9-12: Gary R. Epler, 'Asbestos-Related Lung and Pleural Disease,' West Virginia Thoracic Society, Oct. 17-18, 1986
  • Pages 13-17: References for Epler's paper on asbestos-related lung and pleural diseases
  • Page 18: Bibliography for 'Nocturnal Hypoxemia' by George L. Zaldivar
  • Page 19: Outline 'Common Pitfalls of COPD' by N. LeRoy Lapp
  • Page 20: Selected bibliography for physicians and attorneys on asbestos-related diseases

People and organizations

From Gary R. Epler, M.D. (Associate Clinical Professor, Boston University Medical School; Chairman, Department of Medicine, New England Baptist Hospital); Hans Weill (Chairman, ATS position paper (with Margaret R. Becklake and Roger Mitchell)); George L. Zaldivar, M.D., F.C.C.P. (Author of the 'Nocturnal Hypoxemia' bibliography); N. LeRoy Lapp, M.D., P.A.C.P. (Author of 'Common Pitfalls of COPD' outline).

Pages on our site about what this document covers: NIOSH · Pneumoconiosis · What is asbestosis.

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This is document UC-3599 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 20 pages. Production numbers UCC 008248 to UCC 008267.

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Gary R. Epler, M.D. (Associate Clinical Professor, Boston University Medical School, Chairman, Department of Medicine, New England Baptist Hospital), Hans Weill (Chairman, ATS position paper (with Margaret R. Becklake and Roger Mitchell)), George L. Zaldivar, M.D., F.C.C.P. (Author of the 'Nocturnal Hypoxemia' bibliography), N. LeRoy Lapp, M.D., P.A.C.P. (Author of 'Common Pitfalls of COPD' outline). “Conference Packet for the Medical-Legal Conference on Asbestosis and COPD, West Virginia Thoracic Society.” October 18, 1986. Union Carbide documents, UC-3599, Bates UCC 008248 to UCC 008267. West Virginia Thoracic Society, American Lung Association of West Virginia, Charleston Area Medical Center, and West Virginia University Medical Center, Charleston Division (conference sponsors). AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-3599.

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