Joseph LaDou

Joseph LaDou (born 1938) is an occupational and environmental medicine physician who practiced in Silicon Valley during the early years of the semiconductor and computer industries. He was appointed the first Chief of the University of California, San Francisco (MC) Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine , and was co-director of the residency program there from 1982-1991.
LaDou was the founding editor of the "International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health", serving in that capacity from 1992 to 2005. And was director of the International Center for Occupational Medicine at UCSF.
Career.
From 1983 to 2002, in addition to his other responsibilities, LaDou was the director to "Advances in Occupational and Environmental Medicine", a continuing medical education course that trained more than 3,000 physicians (500 from developing countries) in occupational medicine.
LaDou's study of the global migration of hazardous industries has led to efforts to control occupational and environmental hazards. As one example, his study of asbestos in developing countries led to a call for an international ban on asbestos mining and use in commercial products.
Works.
Among LaDou's notable publications: