4 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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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 · 2001
Free radical activity of natural and heat treated amphibole asbestos
This was a laboratory study of two amphibole asbestos minerals, amosite and crocidolite, using standard reference samples from the Union Internationale Contre le Cancer (UICC). No people, animals or cells were studied. The authors calcined (heated…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1985
Kinetics of deposition and clearance of inhaled mineral dusts during chronic exposure
New inhalation studies have been carried out with rats exposed to UICC (Union International Contre le Cancer) amosite asbestos, with the main aim of further elucidating the factors the influence the accumulation of dust in the…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1996
Nitric oxide (NO) synthase activity in the lung and NO synthesis in alveolar macrophages of rats increased on exposure to asbestos
We examined whether the lung of rats induced nitric oxide synthase (NOS) on instillation of Union Internationale Contre le Cancer (UICC) asbestos into the trachea, and whether alveolar macrophages (M phi s) of rats increased synthesis…