299 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 3 of 15
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
Mortality among sheet metal workers participating in a respiratory screening program
This study followed 17,345 sheet metal workers who had been union members for 20 or more years and were screened by chest x-ray at 62 sites nationwide between 1986 and 2004. The authors traced…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2002
Safety and health of heavy equipment operators at Ground Zero
This report came from the head of an International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) safety and health team that arrived at Ground Zero, the World Trade Center site, on September 17, 2001. The team collected about…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1988
Symptomatic benign pleural effusions among asbestos insulation workers: residual radiographic abnormalities
This cross-sectional survey examined 2815 asbestos insulation workers from a union cohort in the United States and Canada, each with 30 or more years since first exposure, in 1981 to 1983. The article does not…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Asbestos-associated deaths among insulation workers in the United States and Canada, 1967-1987
…insulation workers, the authors reported 20 years of mortality follow-up of insulators. The cohort comprised 17,800 men enrolled in the insulators' union in the United States and Canada on January 1, 1967. They were…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1993
Beyond notification: a case study from Cloquet, Minnesota
…the Union was able to follow-up the notification and subsequent screening by sending members and their families the results of the initial screenings and other information concerning the status of any legal actions taken on…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1964
Asbestos exposure and neoplasia
This study followed 632 men who were members of two asbestos insulation workers' union locals, in New York and in Newark, New Jersey, as of 1942. It traced their deaths from January 1, 1943, through December…
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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 · 1988
The relation among pulmonary function, chest roentgenographic abnormalities, and smoking status in an asbestos-exposed cohort
This cross-sectional study examined 681 male plumbers and pipefitters in a 1982-1984 union surveillance program in Seattle and Tacoma. Exposure was measured as years in the trade; the article does not identify the cohort…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
A cohort study of mortality among Ontario pipe trades workers
…and sprinkler fitters. Increased risk was observed among workers joining the Union as late as the 1970s. A random effects meta-analysis of this study and the two PMR studies found significant increases in oesophageal (RR…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
Mortality among shipbreaking workers in Taiwan--a retrospective cohort study from 1985 to 2008
…are lacking. This study examined mortality among shipbreaking workers over a 24-year follow-up period. A total of 4,962 shipbreaking workers were recruited from the database of the Kaohsiung Shipbreaking Workers Union. The data…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
Cancer incidence of Taiwanese shipbreaking workers who have been potentially exposed to asbestos
…there is an increased risk of cancer among male shipbreaking workers over a 24-year follow-up period. 4155 male shipbreaking worker's information was retrospectively collected from Kaohsiung's Shipbreaking Workers Union database from 1985…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Fissural thickening and exposure to asbestos: occurrence, determinants, and functional impact
This study examined 147 male construction insulators from Local 58 of the insulators' union in the Montreal area. All were 50 or younger and none was compensated for asbestosis. The authors tested whether thickened interlobar fissures…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1995
Proportionate mortality among construction laborers
This report presents the results of proportionate mortality ratio (PMR) analyses and proportionate cancer mortality ratio (PCMR) analyses among the 11,685 members of the Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA), who died between 1985…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1995
Asbestos-related diseases in construction carpenters
…CI 0.3-7.1) defects. Although only 631 of a potential 7,649 active and retired union members participated in this first-time survey and were relatively young, these findings add new evidence to the…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1968
Industrial Hygiene For Insulation Workers
This 1968 paper reported preliminary findings from an industrial hygiene survey of insulation workers in San Francisco Local 16 of the insulators' union. The local had about 500 men in Northern California and Northern Nevada. The…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Single-center study to determine the safety and efficacy of CT-707 in Chinese patients with advanced anaplastic lymphoma kinase-rearranged non-small-cell lung cancer
This single-center, open-label phase I trial was run at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China. It tested CT-707, an experimental oral ALK-targeting drug, in adults with advanced ALK-rearranged cancers. Thirteen patients…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1974
The organic content of international reference samples of asbestos
This laboratory chemical analysis examined the oily organic material on five reference asbestos samples supplied by the Union International Contre le Cancer (U.I.C.C.): anthophyllite, amosite, Rhodesian chrysotile ("Chrysotile A"), crocidolite and Canadian chrysotile…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1965
The occurrence of asbestosis among insulation workers in the United States
The authors surveyed the 1,522 men who belonged to the New York (Local 12) and New Jersey (Local 32) insulation workers' union locals at any time from 1942 to 1962. Of the 1,258 still…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1993
Assessing quality of life when planning and evaluating worker notification programs: two case examples
This short paper described two preliminary efforts, carried out with the United Paperworkers International Union, to take workers' quality of life into account when notifying them of health risks. The first case summarized an earlier project…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1996
Lung cinescintigraphy in the dynamic assessment of ventilation and mucociliary clearance of asbestos cement workers
This Italian study compared 30 former asbestos cement workers, recruited through a union, with nine union members never exposed to respiratory irritant dust or fumes. The cement was 20% asbestos: 70%-80% chrysotile, 15%-20% crocidolite…