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Conference paper by Dr. Irving J. Selikoff presented in Session I (Asbestos: The Medical Data) of the World Symposium on Asbestos, Montreal, May 1982. It reviews asbestos-related disease since the 1964 New York Academy of Sciences conference, covering mortality among insulation workers, latency, low-level exposure, smoking interaction, dose-response and fiber type. It ends with figures on deaths from mesothelioma, lung cancer and asbestosis. unreviewed
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- Author
- Irving J. Selikoff, M.D. (Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York)
- Published by
- World Symposium on Asbestos, Montreal (paper by Irving J. Selikoff, Mount Sinai School of Medicine)
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-4901
- Date
- May 25, 1982
- Number
- Bates X420074 to A7754
- 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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Irving J. Selikoff, M.D.. "Asbestos-related disease - An overview, 1982." World Symposium on Asbestos, Montreal (Session I, Asbestos: The Medical Data), 1982.
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From Irving J. Selikoff, M.D. (Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York).
- Irving J. Selikoff (author)
- World Symposium on Asbestos (its organization)
- Environmental Sciences Laboratory (named)
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York (named)
- New York Academy of Sciences (named)
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Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos Exposure in Insulators and Insulation Workers · Asbestos and Lung Cancer · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated · What is asbestosis.
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This is document UC-4901 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 12 pages. Production numbers X420074 to A7754.
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“Irving J. Selikoff, "Asbestos-Related Disease - An Overview, 1982," World Symposium on Asbestos, Montreal.” May 25, 1982. Union Carbide documents, UC-4901, Bates X420074 to A7754. World Symposium on Asbestos, Montreal (paper by Irving J. Selikoff, Mount Sinai School of Medicine). AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-4901.
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