299 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 12 of 15
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Medical study · Medical research · 1990
The formation of asbestos bodies by mouse peritoneal macrophages. An in vitro study
For studies on the mechanism of asbestos body formation, Union Internationale Contre Cancer (UICC) crocidolite asbestos fibers were added to a culture of mouse peritoneal macrophages. Small asbestos fibers were totally ingested by the macrophages, but…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2003
Asbestos-related health risks in Estonia
…Cancer of the World Health Organization. Since 1983, the European Union has enforced health protection directions in this field, which have been the basis for legal acts of Member States. The Estonian Republic is a country…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
Asbestos exposure, cigarette smoking and death rates
…effects of cigarette smoking and occupational asbestos exposure on death rates. Members of the insulation workers' union in the United States and Canada answered smoking questionnaires in 1966, and 17,800 men alive on January 1…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2008
Mesothelioma and environmental exposure
…mesothelial cells to crocidolite and chrysotile asbestos fibers. Chemically pure and pretreated Union Internationale Centre le Cancer (UICC) samples were implanted into a peritoneal envelope (Kertai's fold) of Wistar rats. Following the 12-month exposure…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1984
Port Allegany Asbestos Health Program: a community response to a public health problem
The Port Allegany Asbestos Health Program (PAAHP) is a unique, community-run program that resulted from the successful cooperative efforts of a labor union, a corporation, community health care providers, and a medical school. PAAHP's…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
ILO to promote global asbestos ban
…s biggest ever industrial killer. The landmark decision came with the adoption of a resolution on 14 June 2006 at the ILO conference in Geneva and followed a high level union campaign. Rory O'Neill asked…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1973
Some observations on the distribution of trace metals in chrysotile asbestos
…scandium in a number of samples of chrysotile asbestos, including the standard reference samples prepared under the auspices of the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) was investigated. The composition of material separated magnetically from chrysotile was…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2001
Asbestos poisons World Trade Organization atmosphere
…September 2000, a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel published its findings in the dispute between Canada and the European Union/France over France's ban on the import and use of chrysotile (white asbestos). The panel…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1972
Current opinions on the asbestos cancer problem
…expressed at the 1969 Pneumoconiosis Conference in Johannesburg. The author described international studies sponsored by the International Union Against Cancer and the International Agency for Research on Cancer. A large survey of Quebec chrysotile miners showed…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1995
Evaluation of the clinical TNM staging system for malignant pleural mesothelioma: an assessment in 88 patients
…scanning has improved the staging of non-invasive disease. The International Union against Cancer has recently proposed using the Tumour Node Metastases (TNM) staging system for mesothelioma, but in clinical practice it is difficult to assess…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
The Evolving Landscape of the Molecular Epidemiology of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
…shown benefit in other human tumors have thus far failed in MPM. Overall, MPM has been listed as orphan disease by the European Union. However, molecular high-throughput profiling is currently unveiling novel biomarkers and actionable…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2018
Eighth Edition Staging of Thoracic Malignancies: Implications for the Reporting Pathologist
…proposals have been mostly accepted by the Union for International Cancer Control and the American Joint Committee on Cancer and incorporated into their respective staging manuals (2017). The Union for International Cancer Control recommended implementation beginning…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
The IASLC Mesothelioma Staging Project: Improving Staging of a Rare Disease Through International Participation
…surgical series and small clinical trials. Subsequently accepted by the American Joint Commission on Cancer and the Union for International Cancer Control for the sixth editions of their staging manuals, this system has since been the…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
Latency attention deficit: Asbestos abatement workers need us to investigate
…enforcement resources are limited. A significant proportion of asbestos abatement workers are foreign-born, and may face numerous challenges in achieving safe workplaces, including lack of union representation, economic vulnerability, and inadequate training. Public health surveillance…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1999
Combined effect of cigarette smoke and mineral fibers on the gene expression of cytokine mRNA
…fibers and cigarette smoke in vivo. Male Wistar rats were given a single intratracheal instillation of 2 mg of Union Internationale Contre le Cancer chrysotile or refractory ceramic fiber (RF1). The animals then inhaled a side…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2025
Asbestos and benign pleural diseases: a narrative review
…round atelectasis, pleural plaques, diffuse pleural thickening and non-malignant asbestos pleural effusion. Although asbestos is banned in most developed countries (in the European Union, since 2002), it is still used in developing countries. Despite these…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2003
Bilateral environmental and occupational health program with India
…Occupational Health, which was approved by the Minister of the Indian Union of Health and Family Welfare and the Secretary of Health and Human Services of the United State in Geneva in May of 2002, formalizes…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2007
The fallout from asbestos
…the UK and the USA. He summarised international action. The European Union had banned asbestos and started a programme to prevent exposure, the International Labour Organization had endorsed a ban in 2006, and at least 40…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1976
Industrial hygiene and occupational health studies in Australian (New South Wales) shipyards
…noise, asbestos and solvents. In welding investigations, done mainly at the request of union representatives, four were judged hazardous. Total fume in the breathing zone frequently exceeded 15 mg/m3 when men welded over coated surfaces…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2005
Asbestosis in an asbestos composite mill at Mumbai: a prevalence study
…and medically certify them, whereupon they could avail of their basic rights to obtain compensation and proper treatment. The study was conducted by the Occupational Health and Safety Centre and the Workers' Union. Asbestosis was diagnosed…