2 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
Cancer Attributable to Asbestos Exposure in Shipbreaking Workers: A Matched-Cohort Study
This retrospective matched-cohort study followed 4,427 former shipbreaking workers in Taiwan, members of the 1985 Kaohsiung Shipbreaking Workers Union, and 22,135 general-population controls matched by age, sex and living area. All were…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
CT scan screening for lung cancer: risk factors for nodules and malignancy in a high-risk urban cohort
…between 2001 and 2010, and some were followed for up to 10 years. Some were referred by a utility workers' union. The authors considered 171 participants (14.5%) to have confirmed asbestos exposure, based on both…