5 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1965
Report and recommendations of the working group on asbestos and cancer; convened under the auspices of the Geographical Pathology Section of the International Union against Cancer
This is not a research study. It is the report of a Working Group convened by the Geographical Pathology Committee of the International Union against Cancer, which met in New York in October 1964 with forty…
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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 · 1965
Neoplasia among insulation workers in the United States with special reference to intra-abdominal neoplasia
…an extension of the authors' earlier report, followed members of New York Local 12 and Newark Local 32 of the insulation workers' union. The authors described the men as having had very light and intermittent exposure…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1965
The occurrence of pleural calcification among asbestos insulation workers
…then presented an X-ray survey of asbestos insulation workers. The author studied 1,258 union insulation workers in the New York-New Jersey area and examined 1,117 of them in 1963-1964, using standard…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1965
Trends in the health of the asbestos worker
…the Johns-Manville Corporation, commented on the health of asbestos workers and on how asbestos-related disease had been reported. He argued that the term "asbestos worker" was used too loosely. Insulation union members might have…