263 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 3 of 14
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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 · 1964
Asbestos exposure and neoplasia
This study followed 632 men who were members of two asbestos insulation workers' union locals, in New York and in Newark, New Jersey, as of 1942. It traced their deaths from January 1, 1943, through December…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1985
Asbestos-related disease in plumbers and pipefitters employed in building construction
This cross-sectional prevalence study examined plumbers and pipefitters in building construction from one union local. In 1982 and 1983, 160 active and retired members volunteered; results covered 153 white male participants. Methods included questionnaires, breathing…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1988
The relation among pulmonary function, chest roentgenographic abnormalities, and smoking status in an asbestos-exposed cohort
This cross-sectional study examined 681 male plumbers and pipefitters in a 1982-1984 union surveillance program in Seattle and Tacoma. Exposure was measured as years in the trade; the article does not identify the cohort…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
A cohort study of mortality among Ontario pipe trades workers
…and sprinkler fitters. Increased risk was observed among workers joining the Union as late as the 1970s. A random effects meta-analysis of this study and the two PMR studies found significant increases in oesophageal (RR…
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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 · 2014
Cancer incidence of Taiwanese shipbreaking workers who have been potentially exposed to asbestos
…there is an increased risk of cancer among male shipbreaking workers over a 24-year follow-up period. 4155 male shipbreaking worker's information was retrospectively collected from Kaohsiung's Shipbreaking Workers Union database from 1985…
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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…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1968
Industrial Hygiene For Insulation Workers
This 1968 paper reported preliminary findings from an industrial hygiene survey of insulation workers in San Francisco Local 16 of the insulators' union. The local had about 500 men in Northern California and Northern Nevada. The…
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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 · 1974
The organic content of international reference samples of asbestos
This laboratory chemical analysis examined the oily organic material on five reference asbestos samples supplied by the Union International Contre le Cancer (U.I.C.C.): anthophyllite, amosite, Rhodesian chrysotile ("Chrysotile A"), crocidolite and Canadian chrysotile…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1965
The occurrence of asbestosis among insulation workers in the United States
The authors surveyed the 1,522 men who belonged to the New York (Local 12) and New Jersey (Local 32) insulation workers' union locals at any time from 1942 to 1962. Of the 1,258 still…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1993
Assessing quality of life when planning and evaluating worker notification programs: two case examples
This short paper described two preliminary efforts, carried out with the United Paperworkers International Union, to take workers' quality of life into account when notifying them of health risks. The first case summarized an earlier project…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1996
Lung cinescintigraphy in the dynamic assessment of ventilation and mucociliary clearance of asbestos cement workers
This Italian study compared 30 former asbestos cement workers, recruited through a union, with nine union members never exposed to respiratory irritant dust or fumes. The cement was 20% asbestos: 70%-80% chrysotile, 15%-20% crocidolite…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1993
Asbestos screening and education programs for building and construction trades unions
…screening and education programs designed for the building and construction trades unions were a national multisite effort that focused on improving the health of eligible union members and retirees at high risk of developing asbestos-related…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Use of death certificates in epidemiological studies, including occupational hazards: variations in discordance of different asbestos-associated diseases on best evidence ascertainment
This was a prospective study of all 17,800 men on the rolls of the asbestos insulation workers' union in the United States and Canada. They were followed from January 1, 1967, through December 31, 1986…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Asbestos disease in construction, refinery, and shipyard workers
…workers, and how shipyard work and cigarette smoking affected it. Workers were recruited through local unions if their first asbestos exposure was at least 15 years earlier and had lasted 5 years. From 1986 to 1989…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1982
Mortality of brain tumors among asbestos insulation workers in the United States and Canada
This prospective cohort study followed 17,800 men on the rolls of the asbestos insulation workers' union in the United States and Canada on January 1, 1967, recording deaths through December 31, 1979. The men mainly…