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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Short fiber tremolite free chrysotile mesothelioma cohort revealed
In 1995, Dell and Teta published a cohort mortality study of asbestos molding compound workers at a Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) plastics manufacturing plant in Bound Brook, New Jersey. They reported that the factory workers were…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1996
Mineral phases and some reexamined characteristics of the International Union Against Cancer standard asbestos samples
Standard asbestos samples to be used for biomedical research were first prepared by the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) in 1966 in the United Kingdom and South Africa. Using modern techniques, X-ray diffractometry, analytical transmission…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Extended mortality follow-up among men and women in a U.S. furniture workers union
…and 1962 in union-organized U.S. shops and were found through United Furniture Workers of America insurance records. Most worked in furniture and related plants, but about 1% held nonmanufacturing jobs such as union staff…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
Proportionate mortality among unionized roofers and waterproofers
The United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers, and Allied Workers (UURWAW) is one of the 15 building and construction trades departments in the AFL-CIO. The U.S. roofing industry, including both roofing and waterproofing applications, both…
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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 · 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 · 1986
Clinical findings among asbestos workers in U.S.: influence of cigarette smoking
All members of a large union were invited to participate in a study of potentially adverse effects of asbestos exposure. Clinical findings among 1,117 workers (90% of those eligible for examination) are presented in this…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2008
Proportionate mortality study of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry
…but not in 1987 or 1995. Despite the limitations of a PMR analysis, study results indicate mortality related to asbestos exposure is, and will continue to be, an area of concern for members of the union.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2005
A proportionate mortality study of bricklayers and allied craftworkers
Mortality among members of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (IUBAC) is examined. Bricklayers and allied craft workers may be exposed to cobalt, epoxy resins, pitch, lime, and to lung carcinogens such as asbestos…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1988
Respiratory morbidity in workers exposed to asbestos in the primary manufacture of building materials
…for asbestos-related pulmonary disease. Results are presented on 182 union members whose names appeared on a 1966 seniority list in one of six departments believed to have had substantial asbestos exposure. The study population demonstrated…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Lung function and chest radiograph abnormalities among construction insulators
In 1988 the authors surveyed British Columbia heat and frost insulators' union members aged 50 or older. Of those invited, 59 of 73 active and 29 of 42 retired workers took part. Of the 88 insulators…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1989
Reactions of asbestos-exposed workers to notification and screening
This study asked asbestos-exposed paperworkers how they reacted to a union letter warning them of high risk for asbestos-related illness and offering free medical screening. They had worked at an acoustical tile and wallboard…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Irregular opacities in the lung, occupational asthma, and airways dysfunction in aluminum workers
This exploratory case-match study compared 670 aluminum workers from a union at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, with 659 regional pipefitters who were not exposed to aluminum. Both groups had worked with asbestos. The article does not…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
Mortality among sheet metal workers participating in a respiratory screening program
This study followed 17,345 sheet metal workers who had been union members for 20 or more years and were screened by chest x-ray at 62 sites nationwide between 1986 and 2004. The authors traced…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2002
Safety and health of heavy equipment operators at Ground Zero
This report came from the head of an International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) safety and health team that arrived at Ground Zero, the World Trade Center site, on September 17, 2001. The team collected about…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1993
Beyond notification: a case study from Cloquet, Minnesota
…the Union was able to follow-up the notification and subsequent screening by sending members and their families the results of the initial screenings and other information concerning the status of any legal actions taken on…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
Mortality among shipbreaking workers in Taiwan--a retrospective cohort study from 1985 to 2008
…are lacking. This study examined mortality among shipbreaking workers over a 24-year follow-up period. A total of 4,962 shipbreaking workers were recruited from the database of the Kaohsiung Shipbreaking Workers Union. The data…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Fissural thickening and exposure to asbestos: occurrence, determinants, and functional impact
This study examined 147 male construction insulators from Local 58 of the insulators' union in the Montreal area. All were 50 or younger and none was compensated for asbestosis. The authors tested whether thickened interlobar fissures…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1995
Proportionate mortality among construction laborers
This report presents the results of proportionate mortality ratio (PMR) analyses and proportionate cancer mortality ratio (PCMR) analyses among the 11,685 members of the Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA), who died between 1985…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1995
Asbestos-related diseases in construction carpenters
…CI 0.3-7.1) defects. Although only 631 of a potential 7,649 active and retired union members participated in this first-time survey and were relatively young, these findings add new evidence to the…