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Text of a panel presentation on biological monitoring, with asbestos as the worked example. It discusses workplace sampling, medical surveillance, dose-response for asbestosis, mesothelioma and lung cancer, and the minimum health examinations for asbestos workers. The talk text is followed by slides (outline lists and dose-response graphs) repeating its main points. unreviewed
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- Author
- Dr. Hilton C. Lewinsohn, MB, BCh., D.I.H., MFOM (Corporate Medical Director, Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.)
- Published by
- Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. (presentation to the Connecticut River Valley Section, American Industrial Hygiene Association)
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-4219
- Date
- April 10, 1979
- Number
- Bates UCC 010385-UCC 010398 to A01094-A01107
- 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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Dr. Hilton C. Lewinsohn, MB, BCh., D.I.H., MFOM. "Panel Discussion: Biological Monitoring." 1979.
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What the document holds
- Page 1: Title page: panel discussion on biological monitoring, Industrial Hygiene Conference IV, April 10, 1979
- Pages 2-3: Introduction: definitions of biology and monitoring, and the limits of biological monitoring in the workplace
- Page 4: Monitoring of an asbestos factory: static sampling, personal sampling, medical surveillance
- Page 5: Dose-response and the asbestos standard; asbestosis and fiber-years
- Pages 6-7: Mesothelioma, lung cancer and smoking, minimum medical examination requirements, and conclusions
- Pages 8-9: Slides: elements of monitoring and of medical surveillance
- Pages 10-12: Slides: dose-response graphs (Figs. 1, 2, 3B), percent of workforce affected against cumulative exposure
- Pages 13-14: Slides: minimum health evaluation requirements and conclusions
- Page 15: Page with no text in the OCR
People and organizations
From Dr. Hilton C. Lewinsohn, MB, BCh., D.I.H., MFOM (Corporate Medical Director, Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.).
- Raybestos-Manhattan (named)
Related pages
Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos and Lung Cancer · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated · Raybestos-Manhattan · What is asbestosis.
About this copy
This is document UC-4219 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 15 pages. Production numbers UCC 010385-UCC 010398 to A01094-A01107.
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“Dr. Hilton C. Lewinsohn (Raybestos-Manhattan), Panel Discussion on Biological Monitoring, Connecticut River Valley Section, AIHA.” April 10, 1979. Union Carbide documents, UC-4219, Bates UCC 010385-UCC 010398 to A01094-A01107. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. (presentation to the Connecticut River Valley Section, American Industrial Hygiene Association). AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-4219.
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