7 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1983
Cytotoxic action of mineral dusts on CHV 79 cells in vitro: factors affecting toxicity
…separate laboratories in the UK. The dusts which have been studied include samples of asbestos from the Union Internationale Contre le Cancer reference series and an internationally available sample of quartz (DQ12). Besides comparing results obtained…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1974
Epidemiology of gastrointestinal cancer
…had one bronchogenic carcinoma death. The 283 cigarette smokers had 41 against 3.3 expected. Among 17,800 union insulation workers in the United States and Canada, followed from 1967 to 1971, colon and rectal cancer…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1999
Asbestos and cancer: An overview of current trends in Europe
…between 0. 004 kg in northern Europe and 2.4 kg in the former Soviet Union. Population surveys from northern Europe indicate that 15 to 30% of the male (and a few percent of the female…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1999
Comparative hazards of chrysotile asbestos and its substitutes: A European perspective
…asbestos cement and friction linings in vehicle brakes and clutches. A ban on chrysotile throughout the European Union for these remaining applications is currently under consideration, but this requires confidence in the safety of substitute materials…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1997
p53, Cip1, and Gadd153 expression following treatment of A549 cells with natural and man-made vitreous fibers
…Cip1, and Gadd153 proteins were determined in cultured A549 cells treated with either Union Internationale Contre le Cancer crocidolite or JM 100 for 20 hr and cultured in fresh media. Immunolabeled cells were analyzed by flow…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1997
Malignant transformation of immortalized human bronchial epithelial cells by asbestos fibers
…these BEP2D cells after a single, 7-day treatment with a 20-microgram/ml (4 micrograms per cm2 area) dose of Union Internationale Contre le Cancer (UICC) Rhodesian chrysotile fibers. Asbestos treatment resulted in a surviving…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1983
Effect of mineral dusts on metabolic cooperation between Chinese hamster V79 cells in vitro
…communication. The three dusts studied were: amosite, a fibrous asbestos from the Union Internationale Contre le Cancer (UICC) standard reference series, which is a typical carcinogenic fibrous dust inducing pleural tumors following intrapleural injection into rats…