# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/irving-j-selikoff
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:38:18.750Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/irving-j-selikoff"
name: "Irving J. Selikoff"
slug: "irving-j-selikoff"
description: "Irving J. Selikoff was a medical researcher who in the 1960s established a link between the inhalation of asbestos particles and lung-related ailments. His work is largely responsible for the regulation of asbestos today. He also co-discovered a treatment for tuberculosis."
tagline: "American physician (1915-1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A-Photo_Blackboard.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1915-01-15"
deathDate: "1992-05-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.478690666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Selikoff"
    title: "Irving Selikoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "ايرفينج سيليكوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Selikoff"
    title: "Irving Selikoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Selikoff"
    title: "Irving Selikoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Selikoff"
    title: "Irving Selikoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%84%2C_%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3"
    title: "Селикофф, Ирвинг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1288670"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump