81 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 3 of 5
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 1, 1982
Hilton C. Lewinsohn to J. Wister Meigs Enclosing Draft Proposal for a Study of Mesothelioma Among General Electric Employees (1982)
…J. Wister Meigs dated June 1, 1982, accompanying a draft proposal to the General Electric Corporation. The proposal outlines a case-control study of six former GE employees who died of malignant mesothelioma, with objectives, methods…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 1, 1982
Hilton C. Lewinsohn to J. Wister Meigs Transmitting Draft Proposal for a General Electric Mesothelioma Case-Control Study (1982)
…1, 1982, enclosing a draft proposal to the General Electric Corporation for a case-control study of six former GE employees who died of malignant mesothelioma. The attached proposal sets out the study's introduction, objectives…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1978
P. H. Cooper, J. E. Day, C. A. Kennedy and H. C. Lewinsohn, 'Dust Control in a Conventional Asbestos Textile Factory,' Paper for the 5th International Conference on Pneumoconiosis, Caracas (1978)
Conference paper by four Raybestos-Manhattan authors describing how the company cut dust in its asbestos textile plant at Marshville between 1969 and 1977. It covers the history of asbestos exposure standards, the plant's pre-1969 condition, the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1974
H. C. Lewinsohn, 'Early Malignant Changes in Pleural Plaques Due to Asbestos Exposure: A Case Report', Brit. J. Dis. Chest (1974)
Journal article reporting the case of a man who worked in a Rochdale asbestos textile factory and died in 1970 of malignant mesothelioma. The autopsy found tumour nodules arising from pleural plaques. The article gives his work and medical history,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1980
H. C. Lewinsohn, Discussion Summary on Radiology and Medical Surveillance of Asbestos-Exposed Workers, IARC Scientific Publications No. 30 (1980)
Reprint of a discussion summary by H. C. Lewinsohn of a conference session on radiology and clinical diagnosis of asbestos-related disease, pages 579-583 of IARC Scientific Publications No. 30. It summarizes discussion of X-ray interpretation,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 1977
H. C. Lewinsohn, "Asbestosis — A Diagnostic Enigma: A Personal View," Journal of Occupational Medicine (1977)
A four-page journal article in which the author reviews how asbestosis is diagnosed: occupational exposure history, physical signs, radiological changes and lung function tests. It discusses British asbestos regulations from 1931 and 1969,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 17, 1980
H. C. Lewinsohn, J. W. Meigs and M. J. Teta, Draft of 'Malignant Mesothelioma in Connecticut 1935-1977' for the Connecticut Thoracic Society (1980)
Marked-up draft of a presentation to the Connecticut Thoracic Society on malignant mesothelioma cases diagnosed in Connecticut from 1935 to 1977. It describes the Connecticut Tumor Registry case-control methodology, incidence tables and maps, a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 3, 1980
Compilation of H. C. Lewinsohn Papers on Mesothelioma, Pleural Plaques and HLA Antigens in Asbestos Workers (1974-1980)
…asbestos textile workers. The Connecticut study reported 229 mesothelioma cases and rising male incidence and described a pathology slide review of case diagnoses. None of the papers concerns Union Carbide or Calidria in the text provided.
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Company document · Motley 1000 · July 31, 1978
Hilton C. Lewinsohn and Harrison B. Rhodes on Medical Surveillance in the AIA Industry Statement (1978)
…titled "Asbestos International Association Detailed Statement of the Industry's Position in Relation to Asbestos and Health Problems," prepared by Harrison B. Rhodes (Technology Manager, Union Carbide), 7/31/78. The draft includes comments by Dr…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 4, 1980
Lewinsohn, Meigs and Teta, Malignant Mesothelioma in Connecticut 1935-1977: Draft Presentation to the Connecticut Thoracic Society with Annotated Drafts and Pathology Review (1980)
Exhibit of about 111 pages of working drafts, mostly hand-annotated, of a 1980 presentation on malignant mesothelioma cases diagnosed in Connecticut from 1935 to 1977. It includes an anatomic pathology section by R.A.V. dated 10/28/80 with…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 28, 1978
Hilton C. Lewinsohn to Fernard Lincoln, Telex on the Regulatory Status of Asbestos-Containing Talc, with Lincoln's Query (1978)
A March 28, 1978 telex from Hilton C. Lewinsohn to Fernard Lincoln summarizes the status of FDA, OSHA, NIOSH and EPA actions on asbestos in talc, and says he is mailing excerpts and summaries of related reports. The second page is Lincoln's earlier…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 26, 1980
Hilton C. Lewinsohn (Raybestos-Manhattan), Medical Surveillance of Asbestos Workers, Draft Paper for the Turin Asbestos Conference (1980)
Draft paper prepared by a Raybestos-Manhattan physician for presentation at the Fourth International Conference on Asbestos in Turin, May 26-30, 1980. It describes the purpose of pre-placement, periodic and post-retirement medical examinations of…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 5, 1979
H. C. Lewinsohn, Medical Intervention and the Prevention of Asbestos-Related Disease, Working Paper for the Asbestos International Association Medical Advisory Panel (1979)
Working paper by a Raybestos-Manhattan physician for discussion at a March 1979 meeting of the Asbestos International Association's Medical Advisory Panel. It outlines the purpose, objectives and methods of pre-placement, periodic and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 26, 1980
Hilton C. Lewinsohn, Medical Surveillance of Asbestos Workers, Draft Paper for the Fourth International Conference on Asbestos, Turin (1980)
A draft paper by Dr. Hilton C. Lewinsohn of Raybestos-Manhattan, prepared for presentation at the Fourth International Conference on Asbestos in Turin, May 26-30, 1980. It describes the purpose of pre-placement, periodic and post-retirement medical…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 1, 1979
Hilton C. Lewinsohn (Raybestos-Manhattan) Statement to House Subcommittee on Labor Standards on Asbestos-Related Diseases and H.R. 2740 (1979)
Written statement by Raybestos-Manhattan's corporate medical director for a May 1, 1979 House subcommittee hearing on asbestos-related diseases and their compensation. It summarizes the asbestos diseases, sets out diagnostic criteria for asbestosis,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1977
Peto, Doll, Howard, Kinlen and Lewinsohn, 'A mortality study among workers in an English asbestos factory' (1977)
Reprint of a 1977 British Journal of Industrial Medicine article reporting a mortality follow-up through 1974 of workers at an English asbestos textile factory. It reports excess lung cancer, mesothelioma and non-malignant respiratory disease deaths…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 14, 1979
Hilton C. Lewinsohn, Surveillance of High-Risk Groups Exposed to Asbestos in the United States, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (1979)
Reprint of a 1979 paper (vol. 330, pp. 533-540) by Hilton C. Lewinsohn of Raybestos Manhattan on medical surveillance of asbestos-exposed worker groups in the United States. It defines asbestos types and risk, presents tables of cancer and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1972
CIBA-GEIGY Review 1972/2: Special Issue on Asbestos (Nature, Mining, Textiles, Building Products, Plastics, Occupational Health)
Issue of CIBA-GEIGY's quarterly Review (1972/2) devoted to asbestos, with articles on its history and mineralogy, mining and milling, textiles and friction materials, asbestos-cement and sprayed building products, reinforced plastics and papers, and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1980
H. C. Lewinsohn, Discussion Summary on Radiology and Medical Surveillance of Asbestos-Exposed Workers, in Biological Effects of Mineral Fibres, Vol. 2 (1980)
Reprint of a discussion summary by H.C. Lewinsohn of a conference session on the clinical and radiological diagnosis of asbestos-related disease. It reports discussion of X-ray interpretation, pleural plaques and thickening, dose and exposure-length…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1979
G. Berry et al., Asbestosis: A Study of Dose-Response Relationships in an Asbestos Textile Factory, British Journal of Industrial Medicine (1979)
Journal article reporting a follow-up of men who had worked at least 10 years at an English asbestos textile factory, where the asbestos was mainly chrysotile with some crocidolite. It relates crepitations, 'possible asbestosis', certified…