3 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1980
Radiological evidence of asbestos disease among ship repair workers
The authors examined union members at a shipyard limited to ship repair. All were 20 or more years from the start of their shipyard employment. Of those invited, 139 active and 147 retired workers were examined…
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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…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
Asbestos disease in United States shipyards
…turnover. About one in 500 private-shipyard workers was an "asbestos worker," but other trades also had opportunity for exposure. They followed 440 insulation workers in nine shipyard union locals from 1967 through 1976. Of these…