Patterns in the Dust

Synopsis: A drama-documentary based on a true story of medical research in the 1960s in Britain. Esme Hadfield, a newly appointed GP, noted an unusually large concentration of a rare adenoidal cancer in her patients. She and her colleague Ronald Macbeth conducted an epidemiological study to determine the source of the illness and identified the cause of these cancers as wood-dust inhalation, primarily by people working in furniture manufacture. Contains interviews with Esme Hadfield and Ronald Macbeth.
Series: Patterns in the Dust and Batteries Included
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.
Year of production: 1991
Availability: Off-air recording licence
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Subjects: Environmental science; Medical sciences
Keywords: cancer; epidemiology; furniture industries; medical research; nasal cancers

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