6 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2018
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Selected Cancers in Petroleum Refinery Workers
…meta-analysis pooled 36 cohort-based studies of petroleum refinery workers to estimate the risk of 11 cancers compared with background rates, looking at refinery work in general rather than specific substances. Across 18 mesothelioma studies…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2019
Mortality Update of a Cohort of Canadian Petroleum Workers
…petroleum company through December 31, 2006. Standardized mortality ratios were generated for all-cause and specific cause mortality. All cause and all cancer mortality were favorable compared with the general Canadian population. Cancers of previous interest…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2003
Mortality and cancer morbidity in a cohort of Canadian petroleum workers
…1964 and 1994 and worked at least one year. Their records were linked to national death and cancer registry data and compared with the general Canadian population. The authors also estimated exposure to hydrocarbon solvents/fuels…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
Updated mortality among diverse operating segments of a petroleum company
…in the earlier study. Analyses used standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) to compare worker cause specific mortality with the Canadian general population. Duration of employment and latency analyses were performed for causes previously found to be increased…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Mesothelioma and lung cancer mortality: a historical cohort study among asbestosis workers in Hong Kong
…all 124 men newly diagnosed with asbestosis at Hong Kong's Pneumoconiosis Clinic between 1981 and 2008 until the end of 2008. Deaths were compared with male general population rates. Most worked in shipyards or construction…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Lung cancer incidence in Canadian petroleum workers
…cancer incidence, although exposures to the single agents studied did not emerge as strong predictors of lung cancer incidence. Maintenance work may be a surrogate for general exposures to several agents (eg, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, metals…