Thomas Mancuso | |
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| Born | February 19, 1912 New York City, US |
| Died | July 4, 2004 (aged 92) Oakland, California, US |
| Occupation | Professor of occupational medicine |
| Known for | Long-term studies of effects of cancer-causing effects of several chemicals and low level radiation in industry |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Creighton University |
| Influences | Wilhelm Hueper |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Industrial medicine |
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Thomas F. Mancuso (February 19, 1912 – July 4, 2004) was an American epidemiologist and professor of occupational health at the University of Pittsburgh's School of Public Health between 1962 and 1982, known for conducting long-term studies of the cancer-causing effects of low-level radiation and several chemicals used in industry, including asbestos. He is credited for being the first to understand that beryllium and chromium could cause cancer.
During World War II, Mancuso co-founded organizations in public health, at health departments of Michigan and Oregon. After the war he headed the Department of Industrial Hygiene at the Ohio Department of Health. There, he produced the first American long-term mortality studies and showed how social security data could be used to understand deaths among factory workers.