4 results for “General Electric”
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Company document · Asbestos Information Association documents · 1976
J. C. Gilson, 'Asbestos Cancers as an Example of the Problem of Comparative Risks' (1976)
…and comparative occupational risks. He concluded that risks to the general public were likely to be negligible and that stopping cigarette smoking was of paramount importance. The copy carries an Asbestos Information Association/North America stamp…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1988
International classification trial of AIA set of 100 radiographs of asbestos workers
…the best estimate for each film. For small opacities in the lung tissue, the authors judged that differences between readers were not large compared with general variability in reading. Even so, the share of films each…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1973
Asbestos cancer: past and future hazards
…affect how far fibers penetrate the lung. The author concluded that the dose needed to raise lung cancer risk materially was likely well above what the general public had encountered. The author also noted that smoking…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
UK Naval Dockyards asbestosis study: survey of the sample population aged 50-59 years
As part of a general morbidity study of all civilian employees in the four Royal Naval Dockyards, the clinical, radiological and physiological effects of exposure to asbestos in 1200 men aged 50-59 years were studied…