Philip E. Enterline, 'Asbestos and Cancer: The First Thirty Years' (Literature Review on Asbestos and Cancer, 1934-1965; revised 1980)

A literature review by Philip E. Enterline, with assistance from Nancy Sussman and Gary Marsh, tracing published medical opinion on asbestos and lung cancer and mesothelioma from 1934 to 1965. It includes classification tables of authors' opinions, conclusions, a bibliography and abstracts of original articles. The preface says it was begun at the request of the Asbestos Information Association, which funded it. The text is dated November 29, 1978 and revised December 20, 1980.

People and organizations

From Philip E. Enterline, Ph.D. (University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health (author)); Nancy Sussman, Ph.D. (assisted); Gary M. Marsh, Sc.D. (Hyg) (assisted).

• Philip E. Enterline (author, its organization)
• Gary M. Marsh (author)
• Nancy Sussman (author)
• Asbestos Information Association/North America (named)
• British Medical Journal (named)
• Division of Occupational Health (named)
• Johns-Manville (named)
• Journal of the American Medical Association (named)
• NIOSH (named)
• The Lancet (named)
• U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) (named)
• University of Pittsburgh (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos and Lung Cancer · Duty to Warn · Johns-Manville · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated · NIOSH.

About this copy

This is document UC-4094 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 81 pages. Production numbers UCC 017595 to A21433.