3 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Spirometric impairments in long-term insulators. Relationships to duration of exposure, smoking, and radiographic abnormalities
This study examined breathing tests (spirometry) and chest X-rays in 2,611 men from the asbestos insulators' union. They were examined in 19 US and Canadian cities in 1981 to 1983; 87 percent were at…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Radiographic abnormalities in asbestos insulators: effects of duration from onset of exposure and smoking. Relationships of dyspnea with parenchymal and pleural fibrosis
This cross-sectional study examined chest X-rays and shortness of breath in U.S. asbestos insulation workers from a union-based cohort. Examinations took place in 19 U.S. cities from November 1981 to November…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1990
Asbestotic radiological abnormalities among United States merchant marine seamen
…United States merchant marine seamen, taken in 1985-7. Members on union lists of about 10,000 active and retired seamen were invited for an x-ray, and roughly half came. One experienced B reader read…