Hector P. Blejer collection, 1966-1991
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Hector P. Blejer Collection.,
Date (inclusive): 1966-1991
Collection number: 338
Creator: Blejer, Hector P. (Prieto)
1933-1990
Extent:
2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections
for the Sciences
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: This is a small collection of the professional papers
of Dr. Hector P. Blejer, M.D., D.I.H., a diplomat of the American Board of
Preventive Medicine, certified in Occupational Medicine, with a notable career
in occupational and environmental medicine, toxicology, and epidemiology. Most
of the content stems from 1979-1989, the years that Dr. Blejer acted as a
private consultant to industry and state and federal government
agencies.
Physical location: Southern Regional Library Facility
(SRLF)
Language of Material: Collection materials in English
Access
Collection is open for research. Access to a few folders is restricted due to
patient confidentiality protocols.
Publication Rights
Property rights in the physical objects belong to the UCLA Biomedical
Library. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and
their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission
to publish if the Biomedical Library does not hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Hector P. Blejer Collection (Manuscript collection 338). Louise M.
Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences ,
University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Acquisition Information
The collection was given by Mr. Hugo Blejer to the UCLA Biomedical Library in
1990, in memory of his brother.
Biography
Dr. Hector P. Blejer (or Hector Blejer-Pietro) was born in Caracas, Venezuela
in 1933 and was brought by his parents to Canada as a child. He earned an M.D.
from McGill University in 1958 and a D.I.H. (Industrial Medicine) from the Denne
Occupational Medical Clinic, Toronto, in 1963. He came to the U.S. and received
his medical licenses from the National and the California Boards in 1965. Dr.
Blejer became a citizen of the United States.
From 1965 to 1974 Dr. Blejer served in the California Departments of Health
and Public Health as Head, Statewide Medical and Nursing Services Unit, and
Head, Southern California Bureau of Occupational Health and Environmental
Epidemiology. In 1975 he became Deputy Director, Division of Field Studies and
Clinical Investigations, Cincinnati, Ohio, National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health. In 1976 he returned to Southern California as Director of the
Occupational Health Department, The City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte. Dr.
Blejer established a private practice in 1979 in Los Angeles as a consultant in
occupational and environmental medicine, toxicology, and epidemiology. His
clientele included government agencies at various levels of government, public
and private companies, and labor unions.
Dr. Blejer was a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine, the
American Occupational Medical Association, and the American Academy of
Occupational Medicine, and member of other professional groups. He authored many
articles and book chapters, and produced or contributed to hundreds of reports
on studies and problems in occupational and environmental health. He held
appointments as adjunct or clinical professor at the University of California,
Los Angeles, the University of Southern California, and lectured at other
academic institutions in California and Arizona. He was also a frequent speaker
on occupational, environmental, and consumer protection issues to a great
variety of professional and lay groups, as well as on television and radio.
Scope and Content
This collection is small and spotty. Most of the material stems from Dr.
Blejer's years as a private consultant: health forms and questionnaires he
devised for clients, some correspondence, some documents relating to the
business part of the practice. There are a few reports, and some other bits of
his professional activities. The personal papers consist of a thorough c.v. and
list of published and internal papers and reports, and a fact sheet -- probably
produced for potential clients around the mid-1980s.
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Series 1. Personal Papers.
- Series 2. Professional Papers.
Related Material
ucsf collection
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Blejer, Hector P.,
1933-1990
Occupational Medicine -- United
States -- Biography
Series 1.
Personal Papers.
Box 1, Folder 1
Curriculum vitae, publications, career summary, biographical
listings.
Scope and Content Note
two cv versions, the earlier up to 1979, the later up to 1986, with list of
publications and reports; three short biographical sketches, one from "Who's Who
in the West", 20th ed., the other two sources unidentified
Series 2.
Professional Papers.
Box 1, Folder 2
Continuing Medical Education.
1972-1988
Physical Description: folder 1 of 2
Scope and Content Note
certificates for CME hours, materials for courses taken, correspondence with:
California Medical Association; American Medical Association; American Heart
Association
Box 1, Folder 3
Continuing Medical Education.
1978-1989
Scope and Content Note
a Faculty Recognition Award for a CME course given at the University of
Arizona; certificates for CME hours, materials for courses taken, correspondence
with: American Heart Association; Baylor College of Medicine; Yale School of
Medicine's "The Medical Letter"; University of California, San Francisco, School
of Medicine; American College of Preventive Medicine; American Occupational
Medical Association; American College of Chest Physicians
Box 1, Folder 4
Drug Enforcement Administration.
1971-1991
Scope and Content Note
yearly controlled substances registration certificates issued in the name of
Hector Blejer-Prieto; DEA guidelines, registration information
Box 1, Folder 5
Consultancy services.
1984, 1986
Scope and Content Note
correspondence with various law firms re. service as consultant or expert
witness; two dated fee schedules for such services
Box 1, Folder 6
Consultancy services for Western Airlines.
1980-1984
Physical Description: folder 1 of 2
Scope and Content Note
various health questionnaires for employees; correspondence, memos
Box 1, Folder 7
Consultancy services for Western Airlines.
1983-1986
Physical Description: folder 2 of 2
Scope and Content Note
a listing, by month, of special work done for Western Airlines' Safety and
Environmental Health Program, 12/1984-10/1985; billing statements,
12/1983-8/1986
Box 1, Folder 8
Consultancy services for The Metropolitan Water District of Southern
California.
1981-1986
Physical Description: folder 1 of 3
Scope and Content Note
correspondence re. termination of Dr. Blejer's contract after nearly five
years of service; text of the original agreement and an amendment to that
agreement; additional work-related correspondence
Box 1, Folder 9
Consultancy services for The Metropolitan Water District of Southern
California.
1981-1984
Physical Description: folder 2 of 3
Scope and Content Note
medical form letters; various health questionnaire and examination forms,
some in draft stages
Box 1, Folder 10
Consultancy services for The Metropolitan Water District of Southern
California.
1981-1986
Physical Description: folder 3 of 3
Scope and Content Note
billing statements, 6/26/1981-4/15/1986
Box 1, Folder 11
"Principles and Procedures for the Preplacement Medical Examination",
County of Los Angeles.
1986
Scope and Content Note
letter to the California State Department of Fair Employment and Housing with
Dr. Blejer's opinion on some of the required standards; photocopy of the
procedures document
Box 1, Folder 12
Pulmonary function.
Scope and Content Note
teaching and clinical materials: photocopies and manuscript notes on standard
values, function studies and tests, bibliographic references; lengthy
photocopies of publications on respiratory function tests and their
interpretation
Box 1, Folder 13
Asbestos work exposure. Occupational health study report.
1966
Physical Description: folder 1 of 3
Scope and Content Note
California Department of Public Health study conducted by Dr. Blejer and two
industrial hygiene engineers of the Pacific Asbestos Corporation, Copperopolis,
California, to examine the mill's health hazards of asbestos dust and excessive
noise, and to advise with respect to control
Box 1, Folder 14
Asbestos work exposure. Epidemiological data, bibliographic
references.
Physical Description: folder 2 of 3
Scope and Content Note
data tables on deaths in California and nationally; asbestos-related
work-injury reports in California, 1963-1966; bibliographic reference lists for
selected epidemiological studies and early reports of asbestos and work
exposure
Box 2, Folder 1
Asbestos work exposure. Teaching materials.
1970, 1984
Physical Description: folder 3 of 3
Scope and Content Note
list of 125 slides, Asbestosis Course June 15-18, 1970; photocopies of
electron microscope images of human lung tissue showing the presence of asbestos
fibers and other foreign particles, 1984
Box 2, Folder 2
Copyright registrations for three silent videotapes.
1983
Scope and Content Note
registration packets for three versions, titled: "Asbestosis" (4 min. 23
sec.), "Parenchymal and Pleural Asbestosis" (4 min. 23 sec.), and "Pleural
Asbestosis" (1 min. 15 sec.); Copyright Office booklets R1c "Copyright
Registration Procedures" and R45 "Copyright Registration for Motion Pictures
Including Video Recordings"; correspondence about legal matters arising re.
Asbestos Films, the entity holding the films' copyright
Box 2, Folder 3
Conference on "Organizing Community Based Clinical Trials: Models for
the AIDS Epidemic".
1989 July
Scope and Content Note
Conference materials, participants, background documents; travel documents
and correspondence; manuscript notes on the proposed topic
Note
Dr. Blejer was invited to participate in a round-table discussion on
"What is meant by community-based?"
Box 2, Folder 4
Various occupational health forms.
Box 2, Folder 5
Miscellaneous materials.
Scope and Content Note
lists of slides and films on occupational health; typescript titled
"Apportionment: cigarette smoking and industrial injury"; American Heart
Association booklet on "Exercise testing and training..."
Box 2, Folder 6
Lead and its biological effects.
Scope and Content Note
nineteen 35mm slides of text and graphs
Box 2, Folder 7
Pulmonary function tests - clinical patient material.
1980-1982
Scope and Content Note
laboratory reports on three patients
Note
RESTRICTED access
Box 2, Folder 8
Clinical trial of Roferon administered with or without
Vinblastine.
1986-1987
Scope and Content Note
consent form with description of the study; instructions and information for
patients; one week's record of side effects in a subject
Note
RESTRICTED access; this research study was conducted at UCLA School of
Medicine, sponsored by Hoffmann-La Roche
