8 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Cancer and noncancer mortality among aluminum smelting workers in Badin, North Carolina
…study responds to concerns of a group of former aluminum workers. The results, while imprecise, suggest excess respiratory and bladder cancers among pot room workers in a contemporary cohort of union employees at a US smelter.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Non-Malignant Respiratory Illnesses in Association with Occupational Exposure to Asbestos and Other Insulating Materials: Findings from the Alberta Insulator Cohort
This cross-sectional study looked at 990 union insulators in Edmonton, Alberta, screened in a voluntary workplace health program from 2011 to 2017. Most (88%) were men, with an average age of 45. Workers answered questionnaires…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Single-center study to determine the safety and efficacy of CT-707 in Chinese patients with advanced anaplastic lymphoma kinase-rearranged non-small-cell lung cancer
This single-center, open-label phase I trial was run at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China. It tested CT-707, an experimental oral ALK-targeting drug, in adults with advanced ALK-rearranged cancers. Thirteen patients…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2023
Exposure to insulating materials and risk of coronary artery diseases: a cross-sectional study
…CAD among insulators. In this cross-sectional study, we recruited 643 adults (≥18 years), full-time insulators from the Local 110 Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers Union in Edmonton, Alberta. We obtained demographic information…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Epidemiology of mesothelioma in the 21st century in Europe and the United States, 40 years after restricted/banned asbestos use
…6 kg in the US. By 2007, US consumption was 0.003 kg per person and most European Union countries were at or near zero, while Kazakhstan remained at 7.0 kg. For 2008 to 2012…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2022
Burden of Lung Cancer Attributable to Occupational Carcinogens from 1990 to 2019 and Projections until 2044 in China
…of deaths in 2044 was 111,195 higher than in 1990, mainly because of population aging. The authors concluded the absolute burden will keep rising. They noted the exposure data came mainly from European Union countries.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
The Evolving Landscape of the Molecular Epidemiology of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
…shown benefit in other human tumors have thus far failed in MPM. Overall, MPM has been listed as orphan disease by the European Union. However, molecular high-throughput profiling is currently unveiling novel biomarkers and actionable…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2023
Public health advocacy strategies to influence policy agendas: lessons from a narrative review of success in trade policy
…and a coalition of asbestos victims, health NGOs, trade unions and health experts. The review called this ban Canada's in one passage and Quebec's in another. The authors concluded that technical evidence is important…