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Origins of Human Cancer
by Hiat, Watson, & Winsten
Copyright 1977
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Hardcover, 582 pages.
This listing is for a single book only. This book was originally part of set.

This book has a chapter by Asbestos expert I. J. Selikoff entitled "Cancer Risk of Asbestos Exposure."
This chapter is 19 pages.

There is also a chapter on Asbestos Standards (11 pages)
entitled "Occupational and Environmental Standards for Asbestos and Their Relation to Human Disease"
by W. J. Nicholson, from Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

The section on "Bystander Disease" has information about the U.S. Navy shipyard mesothelioma problem. Please see the picture above for details.


Brief outline of topics discussed in these chapters:
Carcinogenicity of Asbestos
Asbestosis
Pleural Abnormalities
Lung Cancer
Pleural Mesothelioma
Peritoneal Mesothelioma
Gastrointestinal Cancer
Other Neoplasms
Experimental Studies
Current Perspectives
Dose-Disease Response
Dose-Induction Period
Period of Clinical Latency
Multiple-factor Interactions
Family-contact (Conjugal) Disease
Neighborhood Exposure
Bystander Disease
Primary Concern: Asbestos-related Cancer
Low-Level Exposure
Asbestos Contamination of Public Water Supplies
Maintenance, Repair, Demolition, and Waste Disposal
High-Risk Groups

Occupational Standard of Asbestos
Environmental Standard of Asbestos

CONDITION: Acceptable.  Covers have scrapes, wear, and marks. Ex-library with label to spine, stamps, card pocket, and other library marks. Occasional underlining or marks to pages.
Origins of Human Cancer, 1977
$385