9 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
Compensation of pleural mesothelioma in France: data from the French National Mesothelioma Surveillance Programme
…the Compensation Fund for Asbestos Victims (FIVA) were analyzed. Approximately 30% of subjects presenting with pleural mesothelioma, affiliated to the General National Health Insurance fund, neither sought recognition as an OD nor claimed for FIVA compensation…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Malignant pleural mesothelioma associated with exposure to tremolite
…microscopy showed that rock and whitewash samples consisted primarily of asbestiform tremolite. Air sampling in two villages found no tremolite fibres in the general atmosphere. High concentrations were found in road dust clouds from a car…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Attributable risk in men in two French case-control studies on mesothelioma and asbestos
…B. After weighting subjects according to distribution of socio-economic status in the general population for controls and according to distribution of socio-economic status of cases registered by the French National Mesothelioma Surveillance Program, re…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
Reply: No indication that mineral wool causes mesothelioma
…wrong population. According to the author, both cases and controls came from the French general population, and the two sets of cases (1987–1996 and 1998–2006) showed no significant differences in socioeconomic status. The author…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2017
Absence of multiplicative interactions between occupational lung carcinogens and tobacco smoking: a systematic review involving asbestos, crystalline silica and diesel engine exhaust emissions
…The silica studies disagreed on the additive scale. The authors concluded that, in general, there is no multiplicative interaction between these exposures and smoking, and that the evidence was insufficient to conclude on the additive scale…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Assessment of environmental and domestic exposure to tremolite in New Caledonia
…concluded that the whitewash may produce high airborne fiber levels and lung contents comparable with occupational settings. They noted that samples came from sick patients and probably did not reflect the general population's lung burden.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
Lung cancer risk among workers in the construction industry: results from two case-control studies in Montreal
…In most previous studies, risks among construction workers were compared with general populations including blue and white collar workers. The main objectives of this study were to assess whether construction workers experience excess lung cancer risk…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Asbestos hazard evaluation in South Korean textile production
…practices, and the results of personal asbestos dust monitoring at five representative textile production workstations. In general, manufacturers and regulatory agencies have not taken the precautions necessary to adequately protect employee health and meet international standards…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
Computer modeling of population exposure to a carcinogen: the example of asbestos and mesothelioma mortality in France
…since exposure, and age. When exposure to a carcinogenic agent and its impact in terms of morbidity and mortality are modeled on the scale of the general population, individual exposures must often be estimated. If appropriate…