Asbestosis: Past voices from the Mumbai factory floor

Norbert Wiener and voices from the past

Clinical care and the factory floor.

The purpose of this article is to provide the author's perspective on whether it is likely or feasible that those working in the health care domain will adapt and use lessons learned by those in the industrial domain. This article provides some historical perspective on the changes brought about in the industrial domain through the introduction of new technologies, including information technol...

Voices from the Past: compositional approaches to using recorded speech

Asbestosis in an asbestos composite mill at Mumbai: A prevalence study

BACKGROUND Of an estimated 100,000 workers exposed to asbestos in India, less than 30 have been compensated. The reasons for such a small number are: refusal by management sponsored studies to grant medical certifications to workers suffering from occupational diseases, lack of training for doctors in diagnosis of occupational lung diseases, deliberate misdiagnosis by doctors of asbestosis as e...

From ivory tower to factory floor? How universities are changing to meet the needs of industry

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