6 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Polymorphisms in DNA repair genes as risk factors for asbestos-related malignant mesothelioma in a general population study
This population-based case-control study asked whether inherited variants in four DNA repair genes (XRCC1, XRCC3, XPD and OGG1) were linked to malignant mesothelioma of the pleura. It was set in Casale Monferrato, Italy, where an asbestos cement…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
A genome-wide association study for malignant mesothelioma risk
This genome-wide association study looked for inherited DNA variants (SNPs) linked to malignant mesothelioma risk. The authors compared 428 mesothelioma patients from Western Australia and Queensland with 1269 general-population controls from Busselton, Western Australia…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Does exposure to asbestos cause ovarian cancer? A systematic literature review and meta-analysis
…The authors searched MEDLINE from 1950 to December 2008 and found 14 cohort studies and 2 case-control studies that reported on ovarian cancer in women exposed to asbestos at work or from their general environment…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2017
Germline mutations in DNA repair genes predispose asbestos-exposed patients to malignant pleural mesothelioma
…lifetime asbestos exposure had been estimated from interviews about exposure at work, at home and in the general environment. The authors sequenced 94 cancer-related genes from blood samples and compared the results with 96 Italian…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1993
Malignant mesothelioma after environmental exposure to blue asbestos
…or as employees of CSR or ABA, the cohort was 4890 (2187 men, 2703 women). Residents were exposed through general contamination from milling, mill tailings used on roads, yards and playgrounds, and household contact with workers…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Asbestos exposure: challenges for Australian clinicians
…median survival of 9–12 months. The authors wrote that most people with disabling asbestos-related disease are compensated. They argued that differing general damages awards across jurisdictions made a strong case for a national approach.