6 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2018
Yield of Low-Dose Computerized Tomography Screening for Lung Cancer in High-Risk Workers: The Case of 7189 US Nuclear Weapons Workers
To determine the lung cancer screening yield and stages in a union-sponsored low-dose computerized tomography scan program for nuclear weapons workers with diverse ages, smoking histories, and occupations. We implemented a low-dose computerized…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1986
Asbestos disease screening by non-specialists: results of an evaluation
…workers. These workers had been exposed to asbestos in commercial building construction and renovation. The authors reviewed records of 800 union members examined between May 1982 and May 1983, using OSHA rules as a minimal benchmark…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1987
Asbestos examinations for construction workers
…large only unionized workers would get exams, since union dues records let programs track them; the exceptions were non-union workers at responsible asbestos-abatement companies with steady work crews. The letter raised four objections to…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1987
A methodology for identifying workers exposed to asbestos since 1940
…exposed. The authors used state labor records and state industrial directories to find asbestos manufacturing companies and shipyards with more than 100 employees, and counted insulators through their union. They estimated exposed workers from annual employment…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1997
Industrial workers' health and environmental pollution under the new international division of labor: the Taiwan experience
…health and pollution. They drew on published reports, trade data and 1993 interviews with 13 union cadres from plastic and petrochemical industries. The authors stated that no health data on these workers were available, but cited…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1976
A hazardous society? Individual versus community responsibility in cancer prevention. Third annual Matthew B. Rosenhaus Lecture
…total. He concluded that personal action through a "Personal Cancer Plan" offered the greatest immediate benefit, and that governments, employers and unions still had to control exposures. He also argued that scientists should express risks clearly.