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FILE NAME Quebec Asbestos Mining Association QAMA DATE 1980 DOC QAMA019 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health - Retrieval System on Asbestos INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SUITE 410 1130 SHERBROOKE STREET WEST MONTREAL CANADA H3A 2M8 I I I PREMYSL V. PELNAR M.D. SCIENTIFIC SECRETARY TELEPHONE 514 844-4955 OPERATION OF THE IOEH DOCUMENTATION AND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM ON ASBESTOS AN EXCELLENT ACCESSIBLE SYSTEMSYSTEM We scan journals on occupational health in all languages and also a number of medical journals of more general interest for articles and other published documents on biological effects of asbestos and their control We also scan published books In addition to our own searching we enjoy cooperation of mediators in various countries who scan for us and send us such documents published in less familiar local journals medical and technical in their geographical area The most active mediators currently are in UK Australia USSR Germany Their help is much appreciated I see all the documents our own and sent by mediators and include the relevant ones into IOEH documentation file In doing that the following procedures are followed file number 1 We give the document a current The current number will be between 1 and 999 if it is a book between 1000 and 1999 if it is a scientific document such as govern- mental regulation safe work instructions or even newspaper articles and from 2000 up if it is a scientific article The current number is our permanent identification of thedocument subject subject 2 I give the document the code numbers The list of code numbers is enclosed encl 1 The code numbers describe the content of the document and the country of origin and are important for information retrieval 3 If the other than English I provide instances written by myself provided for some documents document is published in a language it with an English abstract in most A full translation into English is ../2 a , 4 Then the document is entered into four files encl 2. and a full a A card is made for It contains the names of the reference of the document the authors authors the file example current number b A card is made for the current numbers file acquisition # example file card encl 3. It contains the same date as and in addition the code numbers and a the authors copy of the author's summary in the original language The upper edge of this filing card is provided with cut indicating the year of publi- cation This enables to mechanically select documents published in certain calendar year only from the current number 4353 up An asterisk indicates that we have the full text of the document in addition to the reference into subject the code c The current number of the document is entered numbers file This file is composed of plastic cards one card ument is marked for each on every code card number representing current number the given code of a doc- number by drilling a hole at the pertinent spot example encl 4 d The three cards when made are put into their respective files and the document itself the original possibly with English abstract or translation provided with the current number and the code numbers is filed in the order of current numbers into the information repository except for books which are kept on library shelves Information retrieval system is based on the described files If the first author is known the information is found in the author's file If the authors are not known the question for the search must be defined and translated into the code numbers Example Information is required on finding of out of the ferruginous bodies in the lungs of Canadians not occupationally exposed to asbestos The list of code numbers ence If shows that the following code numbers are pertinent to this question 21,81 . The three cards belonging to the code numbers 21 81 and 1 are taken file and superimposed above each other over a lighted screen of The light is covered by the cards and penetrates only at the spot where the same current number has been marked as a drilled hole into all three cards In other words the shining spot indicates the current number of a document which bears these three code numbers and consequently the desired answer 13 Our example The only spot which shines current number 2588. It means that 2588 is the corresponds to in our information repository In the only document on the subject is the article by Anjilvel L. and current numbers file we find that 2588 Thurlbeck W.M The Incidence of Asbestos Bodies in the Lungs at Random Necropsies in Montreal There is authors sum- of the document is in our possession Since we subscribe to Association Journal we know that the article is Canadian Medical a copy in our information on our library shelf or as repository file under its current number P.V. Pelnar M.D. PVP Enclosures | OTHER REFERENCE SYSTEMS binder some ring uw current numbers numbers " file file files ... very useful useful all are referenced to the main I By Year 1900-1980 . surrent numbers file # list list all material in the numbers 90 which is " is on hand " by of catalogue year publication publication . eg under under 1935 is a list of about 40 file numbers numbers whose whose abstracts can be checked in the current #s file and catalogue SubjectSubjSecutbject CoCdeode NumberNumber Binders book article II by book category category listed by III by scientific article 1 all the materials in the specific specific category codes have been referenced to etc the subject key I by non scientific I by article scientific scientific article eg see enclosure enclosure 3. The acquisition number number file # is 2588 so this is peientific article 12000 in the subject binder of scientific scientific articles 2588 would appear listed under under code subject subject headings headings 1,21,81 1,21,81 1,21,81 a ~~ IOEH Library = ENCLOSURE #TIL Subscription Subscription . Subscription HOLDING Most LIST begin begin A aaln l vlibraroy lliubrmareysshoenlvheasnd to found arranged alphabeticallaylphabetically by 1966 American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal U.S.A. ) American Review of Respiratory Disease U.S.A. ) Annals of Occupational Hygiene UNITED KINGDOM Archives Archives Belges de M^'decine Sociale Hygi^ne M^'decine du Travail L^'gale BELGIUM des Maladies Professionnelles de M^'decine du Travail et S^'curit^'Sociale Archives of Environmental Health U.S.A. Arhiv Za Higijenu Rada I Toksikologiju YUGOSLAVIA Asbestos Magazine ** Brazilian Journal of Occupational Health BRAZIL British Journal of Industrial Medicine UNITED KINGDOM Bulletin of the American College of Chest Physicians U.S.A. Cahiers de Notes Documentaires Les FRANCE Canadian Medical Association Journal FRANCE Casopis Lekaru Ceskych CZECHOSLOVAKIA Chest > American College of Chest Physicians U.S.A. CIS - International Occupational Safety & Health Information Egyptian Journal of Occupational Medicine EGYPT Centre SWITZERLAND Environmental Environmental Health Perspectives Research U.S.A. U.S.A.) Gigiena I Sanitarija U.S.S.R. Gigi Truda I Professional'Nye Zabolevaniya U.S.S.R. *** Indian Journal of Industrial Medicine INDIA Indian Journal of Occupational Health INDIA Industrial Health JAPAN Industrial Hygiene Digest U.S.A.) Industrial Hygiene News Report U.S.A.) Institut d'Hygi^ne des Mines Bulletin & Revue BELGIUM International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health GERMANY they do not have Industrial Industrial Medicine but are also looking for j Japanese Journal of Industrial Health JAPAN Journal of Environmental Pathology and Toxicology U.S.A. Journal of Irreproducible Results The U.S.A. Journal of Occupational Medicine U.S.A. Journal of the Society of Occupational Medicine UNITED KINGDOM Journal of Science of Labour JAPAN Medicina del Lavoro ITALY Medicina y Seguridad del Trabajo SPAIN Medycyna Pracy POLAND New England Journal of Medicine U.S.A. Pracovni Lekarstvi CZECHOSLOVAKIA Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health FINLAND The Sciences U.S.A. Scientific American U.S.A.) L'Union M^'dicale Canada Zentralblatt fur Arbeitsmedizuinnd Arbeitsschutz GERMANY rf December 1979 * only 1st issue of 1979 received ** subscription for 1980 will not be renewed *** or 1st issue of 1978 received - no issue received for 1979 - only 2 issues received for 1979 Jan. and Feb.) - LIST OF CODE NUMBERS USED IN IOEH DOCUMENTATION SUBJECT NUMBERS ra - unimportant Roman Numeral Heading Numbers are there eo Environmental Data 0. Exposure to asbestos- asbestos- occupational 1. Exposure to asbestos - occupational 2. Exposure classified as to magnitude or or type 3. Dust Counts 4. Dust Control ; Cancerogenetic hydrocarbons acting with asbestos 6. Metals acting with asbestos _ 7. Solvents acting with asbestos 8. Other impurities or compounds acting with asbestos 9. Exposure to asbestos by ingestion . II Clinical Data on Asbestosis , 10. Manifest clinical asbestosis 11. Findings in physical examination 12. Radiological findings 13. Pulmonary function findings 14. Classification 15. Differential diagnosis ' 16. Women and asbestosis 17. Occupational health care of patients with asbestosis III Pathological Data 20. Anatomical findings in asbestosis 21. Ferruginous bodies in the lungs 22. Ferruginous bodies in sputum 23. Ferruginous bodies in lymph nodes 24. Ferruginous bodies elsewhere in the body 25. Asbestos fibres and dust in the lungs 26. Asbestos fibres and dust in sputum 27. Asbestos fibres and dust in lymph nodes 28. Asbestos fibres and dust elsewhere in the body 29. Fate of asbestos fibre 120. Phagocytosis of asbestos IV Complications Other than Tumor 30. Pleural changes other than calcification or tumor 31. Calcification of the pleura 32. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 33. Pulmonary hypertension and cor pulmonale 34. Other complications V. Tumors 36. Cancer of the lung 37. Cancer elsewhere 38. Mesothelioma 39. Other tumors benign and malignant VI Other Lung Diseases 40. Silicosis incl studies of silica dust 41. Fibrosis other than pneumoconiotic 42. Tuberculosis incl studies of tubercle bacilli VII Kinds of Asbestos 43. Chrysotile Amphiboles 44. Crocidolite 45. Amosite 46. Tremolite 47. Actinolite' 48. Anthophyllite VIII Other Minerals beside silica and asbestos 50. Talc 51. Augit 52. Fiberglass 53. Other IX 56. Physical and Chemical Properties and Identification of Fibres X. 59. Volumes of Production and Consumption of Asbestos XI Occupations with Asbestos Hazard 60. Mining and Milling asbestos 61. Textile asbestos industry 62. Processing asbestos industry other than textile asbestos . 63. Insulation work with asbestos incl construction and shipbuilding 64. Other occupations with asbestos hazard | XII 69. Legal Aspects of Asbestos Problem incl compensation XIII Form of Study 70. Epidemiological study 71. Clinical cases incl their pathological descriptions 72. Experiments in animals including tissue culture studies 73. Pathological anatomical studies without clinical part . 74. microscopic studies 75. Immunological studies 76. Methods and techniques 1 . ~ XIV Countries Where Study Was Done _ 80. United States of America 81. Canada 82. United Kingdom 83. South Africa 84. Finland 85. Italy 86. Germany 87. France 88. Others 89. Japan 180. U. S. eee * 2 XV 90. General Survey of the Problems of Asbestos and Health 91. Other items not related to asbestos 10EH current numbers : 0001 books 1001-2000 2001 - scientific articles scientific articles