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Draft paper by the Corporate Medical Director of Raybestos-Manhattan, prepared for a May 1979 symposium in Charleston, South Carolina. It reviews asbestos fiber types, exposure and disease (asbestosis, pleural plaques, lung cancer, mesothelioma), dose-response, diagnostic criteria and the then-current exposure standard. It ends with two tables/figures on fiber types and fiber length ranges by use.
- Author
- Hilton C. Lewinsohn, MB.B.Ch., D.I.H., MFOM. (Corporate Medical Director, Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.)
- Published by
- Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-4932
- Date
- May 1979
- Number
- Bates A00774 to X418334
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 19439 · asbestosclaims.law/library/19439
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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People and organizations
From Hilton C. Lewinsohn, MB.B.Ch., D.I.H., MFOM. (Corporate Medical Director, Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.).
- Raybestos-Manhattan (its organization)
- Association of Clinical Scientists (named)
- Medical University of South Carolina (named)
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Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos and Lung Cancer · Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated · Pleural Plaques and Pleural Thickening · Raybestos-Manhattan · South Carolina Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · What is asbestosis.
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This is document UC-4932 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 19 pages. Production numbers A00774 to X418334.
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“Hilton C. Lewinsohn, 'Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Management of Asbestosis,' Draft Paper for the Association of Clinical Scientists Symposium.” May 1979. Union Carbide documents, UC-4932, Bates A00774 to X418334. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 19439. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/19439.
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