5 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1983
Feasibility of identifying high-risk occupations through tumor registries
…group comprised 6,424 union members residing in the San Francisco/Oakland Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) who represent six occupations: asbestos workers, bakers, painters, plasterers, plumbers and roofers. Computer linkage of union rosters to the…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1988
Asbestosis among electricians
This cross-sectional study examined 38 of 39 eligible union electricians who had worked on renovating a specific building in May 1985, when asbestos exposure was documented. Exact exposure values were unknown, so the authors used…
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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 · 1986
Interventions in high-risk occupational cohorts: a cross-sectional demonstration project
…Health from 1980 to 1984. One project involved about 1,200 workers, mostly Flint Glass Workers' Union members, potentially exposed to asbestos from 1964 to 1972 at a glass and insulation plant in Port Allegany, Pennsylvania…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1983
Tobacco and asbestos: consistent treatment advocated
…it reported no new data. The authors, from the Health and Safety Department of the United Automobile Workers union, commented on an article by Suta and Thompson in the same journal issue. That article used survey…