5 results for “Owens-Illinois”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1968
Health of Fibrous Glass Workers
This 1968 conference presentation, by the medical director of Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., reviewed the health effects of fibrous glass. It is not about asbestos. The author summarized earlier animal, worker and skin studies, plus unpublished…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1964
Diffuse Mesothelioma
This study examined 17 cases of diffuse mesothelioma, 16 of the pleura and one of the peritoneum, from the Merseyside area. Most cases came from the files of the Liverpool Cancer Control Organization and the Liverpool Regional Thoracic Surgery Unit…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1965
Mesothelial tumors and exposure to asbestos dust
The author, a hospital pathologist in Liverpool, England, re-examined 30 cases of cancer of the chest or abdominal lining from Liverpool and the Merseyside area, covering ten years from 1953. All had at some point been suggested to be diffuse…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1964
Diffuse mesothelioma and exposure to asbestos dust in the Merseyside area
This 1964 report described 17 people with diffuse mesothelioma (16 pleural, one peritoneal) in Merseyside, England. Most cases came from Liverpool cancer and thoracic surgery records for 1955 to 1963. The author re-examined tissue, took work…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1966
Health hazards of asbestos
…Middlesbrough Borough Council. The Leicester article is not a research study. It opens by describing a step Leicester City Council took in June 1976 concerning asbestos in premises the council owned, leased or occupied, in a…