Useful Links to CDC information on Lung Cancer, Smoking and Asbestos
The following information has been provided by the New York asbestos lawyers of Weitz & Luxenberg. It may help those concerned with lung cancer, smoking and asbestos.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Toxicological profile for asbestos. Atlanta: US Department of Health and Human Services. 2001. Available from: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp61.html.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The health consequences of smoking: a report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta: US Department of Health and Human Services; 2004. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr_2004/index.htm.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Tobacco information and prevention source (TIPS). Atlanta: US Department of Health and Human Services. 2006. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/index.htm.
Christiani DC, Wegman DH. Respiratory diseases. In: Levy BS, Wegman DH, editors. Occupational health: recognizing and preventing work-related disease and injury. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2000. p. 477–501.
Fielding JE, Husten CG, Eriksen MP. Tobacco: health effects and control. In: Maxcy KF, Rosenau MJ, Last JM, et al., editors. Public health and preventive medicine. New York: McGraw-Hill; 1998. p. 817–845.
Holland JP, Smith DD. Asbestos. In: Sullivan JB Jr, Krieger, editors. Clinical environmental health and toxic exposures. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2001. p. 1214–1227.
National Cancer Institute. Health effects of exposure to environment tobacco smoke. Smoking and tobacco control monograph No. 10. Bethesda, MD: US Department of Health and Human Services; 1999. NIH Pub. No. 99-4645. Available from: http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/tcrb/monographs/10/.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [homepage on the Internet]. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services. 2006. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html.
Selikof IJ, Hammond EC, Churg J. Asbestos exposure, smoking, and neoplasia. JAMA 1968;204(2):106–112.
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