2 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1988
The role of intervention studies in ascertaining the contribution of dietary factors in lung cancer. The Seattle chemoprevention trial of retinoids in asbestos-exposed workers
…at Bremerton, medical specialists, lawyers and union screening programs. The planned double-blind randomized trial required about 2500 subjects (1250 per arm) receiving 25,000 units of retinol plus 15 mg of beta-carotene daily, or…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Recruitment for the beta-carotene and retinol efficacy trial (CARET) to prevent lung cancer in smokers and asbestos-exposed workers
…Haven. Asbestos-exposed men aged 45 to 69 were recruited through physicians, workers' compensation programs, labor unions, plaintiffs' attorneys and a Navy asbestos surveillance program. Smokers aged 50 to 69 were recruited mainly from health insurers…