3 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1998
Asbestos lung burden and asbestosis after occupational and environmental exposure in an asbestos cement manufacturing area: a necropsy study
This necropsy (autopsy) study examined lung tissue from the consecutive autopsies done at the General Hospital of Casale Monferrato, Italy, home to a large asbestos cement factory, from July 1985 to July 1988. Of 55 autopsies…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Mesothelioma and non-occupational environmental exposure to asbestos
…the plant. The numbers were small, but rates appeared to fall with distance from Casale Monferrato. They discussed possible biases and concluded that a cancer risk from asbestos may arise in the general, non-occupational environment.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Respirable inorganic fibers dispersed in air and settled in human lung samples: Assessment of their nature, source, and concentration in a NW Italy large city
The present investigation represents a new approach useful to evaluate the general population risk correlated with environmental exposure to air dispersed inorganic fibers. The used method is based on the evaluation of the respirable inorganic fibers…