299 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 13 of 15
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
The doctors and the dockers
…provided jointly by a Consultant Chest Physician, the Port Medical Officer, and the Medical Advisor to the Trades Union Congress, declared that they knew of no disease affecting dockers, and stated that intermittent exposure to asbestos…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1998
Induction of manganese superoxide dismutase gene expression in bronchoepithelial cells after rockwool exposure
…an increase of MnSOD activity levels. The results were compared with BEAS 2B cells exposed to silica (alpha-quartz: DQ12; SiO2) and UICC (Union Internationale Contre le Cancer) crocidolite (concentrations of all dusts: 0, 2, 5…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH): prevention and detection of asbestos-related diseases, 1987-2005
…worker protection programs, the import of asbestos was ceased in 1993 with a few exceptions. Almost all imports ceased in 2005 following European Union directives. Regulation of asbestos abatement companies has been greatly increased. The occupational…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2009
Estimating the incidence of lung cancer attributable to occupational exposure in Iran
…was estimated using exposure data from the CAREX (CARcinogen EXposure) database, an international occupational carcinogen information system kept and maintained by the European Union. The magnitude of the relative risk of lung cancer for each carcinogen…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1988
The role of intervention studies in ascertaining the contribution of dietary factors in lung cancer. The Seattle chemoprevention trial of retinoids in asbestos-exposed workers
…at Bremerton, medical specialists, lawyers and union screening programs. The planned double-blind randomized trial required about 2500 subjects (1250 per arm) receiving 25,000 units of retinol plus 15 mg of beta-carotene daily, or…
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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 · 1971
Hemolysis by asbestos
…and which chemical agents prevent it. Fourteen mineral dusts and fibers were tested, including Union Internationale Contre le Cancer (U.I.C.C.) standard reference asbestos samples. In the standard test, 50 mg of mineral was…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1981
Pulmonary metabolism of benzo(a) pyrene : effect of asbestos
…daily for 4 days), and lung microsomal fractions were isolated. Standard asbestos samples were supplied by the International Union Against Cancer. In one procedure, microsomes were preincubated with 2 mg of asbestos for 1 hour at…
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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 · 2002
Particle toxicology: from coal mining to nanotechnology
…Current particle research in Europe is dominated by PM, and funded by the World Health Organization (WHO), European Union Framework programs, and the Health Effects Institute (HEI). Differences between historical and current research in particle toxicology…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Auscultated forced expiratory time as a clinical and epidemiologic test of airway obstruction
…male plumbers and pipefitters were evaluated by spirometry, chest roentgenography, and a standardized respiratory questionnaire during a union-sponsored asbestos screening program. Subjects were classified as having large airway obstruction (LAO), small airway obstruction (SAO) alone…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1987
Sister chromatid exchanges in rat pleural mesothelial cells treated with crocidolite, attapulgite, or benzo 3-4 pyrene
…mutagen. The attapulgite sample came from Senegal and had fibres shorter than 2 µm. The crocidolite was a Union Internationale contre le Cancer sample. Cells between the 12th and 15th passage were treated with 10, 15…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
Asbestos and lung cancer: what we know
…increased risk of lung cancer death in those with both exposures. Later reports on 17,800 union insulators showed a greater than fourfold increased risk. These studies had been criticized for comparing insulators with the U…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Soil fungi reduce the iron content and the DNA damaging effects of asbestos fibers
…the surface reactivity of asbestos fibers. One sample of chrysotile from the Western Alps and a sample of UICC (Union Internationale Contre le Cancer) crocidolite were incubated with or without fungi. All fungi extracted iron from…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1965
Trends in the health of the asbestos worker
…the Johns-Manville Corporation, commented on the health of asbestos workers and on how asbestos-related disease had been reported. He argued that the term "asbestos worker" was used too loosely. Insulation union members might have…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Dasatinib: an anti-tumour agent via Src inhibition
…BCR-ABL fusion protein and SFKs, which led to dasatinib approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Union for the treatment of imatinib-resistant or -intolerant CML, and Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Combined use of X-ray photoelectron and Mössbauer spectroscopic techniques in the analytical characterization of iron oxidation state in amphibole asbestos
…Fe(III)/Fe(tot) ratios. A standard reference asbestos (Union Internationale Contre le Cancer crocidolite from South Africa) and three fibrous tremolite samples (from Italy and USA) were investigated. In addition to the Mössbauer spectroscopy study…
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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…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
Asbestos-related occupational cancers compensated under the Spanish National Insurance System, 1978-2011
…activity, and occupation were obtained. We compared mortality rates of mesothelioma and bronchus and lung cancer mortality in Spain and the European Union. Between 1978 and 2011, 164 asbestos-related occupational cancers were recognized in Spain…