Other plaintiff experts on asbsestos and occupational medicine

Plaintiffs also attach testimony and affidavits from other physicians who specialize in occupational medicine and epidemiology and have examined and treated numerous individuals with asbestos related diseases. Included is testimony from Dr. Steven Markowitz, an occupational medicine specialist; Dr. Jerrold Abraham, a pathologist and director of environmental and occupational pathology at SUNY Upstate Medical University; Dr. Douglas Pohl, a clinical pathologist and cytopathologist; and Dr. Elaine Panitz, an occupational disease specialist with a Master's in public health in epidemiology.

Each opines that it is not necessary to have an epidemiological study for each occupational group and it is well known that a small number of chrysotile fibers, even short ones, increases the risk of asbestos related cancers. These physicians, all of whom have direct experience with mesothelioma victims, reject the notion that case reports do not provide useful data in establishing causality, particularly in individual cases with known exposures.

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