Jane Teta to Dr. Lewinsohn Transmitting Final Connecticut Mesothelioma Paper, with Cover Letter to Flournoy Publishers and Manuscript (1983)

Yale inter-office note of 5/5/83 from Jane Teta to Dr. Lewinsohn forwarding the final version of the 'meso paper', followed by a cover letter to Flournoy Publishers resubmitting the manuscript and the manuscript 'Mesothelioma in Connecticut 1955-1977: Occupational and Geographic Associations'. The manuscript is a case-control study of 220 Connecticut Tumor Registry cases that reports occupational asbestos exposure in 85% of cases and an attributable risk of 36%.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Yale inter-office note, Jane to Dr. Lewinsohn, 5/5/83, forwarding final meso paper and mentioning possible financial support for a student
• Page 2: Letter, Jane Teta to Doris L. Flournoy of Flournoy Publishers, May 5, 1983, resubmitting the revised manuscript (changes on pages 14 and 15)
• Pages 3-22: Manuscript: Mesothelioma in Connecticut 1955-1977: Occupational and Geographic Associations (title/authors, abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, conclusion)
• Pages 23-26: References (numbered 1-21)

People and organizations

From Jane Teta (Associate in Research, Connecticut Cancer Epidemiology Program (signs the cover note as 'Jane')) to Dr. Lewinsohn (Hilton C. Lewinsohn, M.D., Assistant Corporate Medical Director, Union Carbide Corporation (per manuscript address page)).

• Jane Teta (author)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Air Compliance Unit of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (named)
• Connecticut Cancer Epidemiology Unit (named)
• Connecticut Tumor Registry (named)
• Flournoy Publishers, Inc. (named)
• Institute of Occupational Medicine and Hygiene (named)
• National Cancer Institute (named)
• Raybestos-Manhattan (named)
• Yale School of Epidemiology and Public Health (named)
• Yale University (named)
• Yale University School of Medicine (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated · Raybestos-Manhattan.

About this copy

This is document UC-4294 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 26 pages. Production numbers UCC 011159 to A01898.