27 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 2
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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 · 2019
Peritoneal mesothelioma and asbestos exposure: a population-based case-control study in Lombardy, Italy
…to its rarity, PeM has rarely been investigated in community-based studies. We examined the association between asbestos exposure and PeM risk in a general population in Lombardy, Italy. From the regional mesothelioma registry, we selected…
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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 · 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 · 2022
The association between occupational asbestos exposure with the risk of incidence and mortality from prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
…methodological quality appeared to yield elevated SIRs or SMRs. This systematic review and meta-analysis provides evidence that men with occupational asbestos exposure have a PCa incidence and mortality similar to that of the general population…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2023
Occupational asbestos exposure and urinary bladder cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
…observed no difference in the subgroup analysis for countries and no direct publication bias evidence. There is evidence that workers with occupational asbestos exposure have a bladder cancer incidence and mortality similar to the general population.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2019
Gender differences in pleural mesothelioma occurrence in Lombardy and Piedmont, Italy
…exposure in men translated into a 7 to 10 year advancement in mesothelioma occurrence. They noted that exposure information was not available for the general population, so rates by actual asbestos exposure could not be calculated.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Setting new standards for epidemiological research on mesothelioma
…control study. Controls were resected lung cancer cases, who represent less advanced disease and would be expected to have higher fibre burdens than the general population. Sample retrieval among controls was 262/420 (62.4%). They…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Comparison of exposure assessment methods for occupational carcinogens in a multi-centre lung cancer case-control study
…re-applied to all study subjects. Third, an independent general population JEM (GPJEM) was created by occupational exposure experts not involved in the original study, and applied to study subjects. Results from these methods were compared…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Occupational exposure and laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer risk in central and eastern Europe
…For laryngeal cancer, the odds ratio for ever exposure to asbestos in general was 0.86 (95% CI 0.51 to 1.45), and for chrysotile asbestos it was 0.78 (0.44 to 1.40…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
Occupational exposures and pancreatic cancer: a meta-analysis
…statistical test showed significant variation between these studies. Twenty populations compared with general-population rates gave a statistically significant ratio of 1.2 (1.0 to 1.5), while four case-control populations gave 0.7…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2003
Estimating exposures in the asphalt industry for an international epidemiological cohort study of cancer risk
…companies enrolled in the cohort, plus the Swedish asphalt paving industry in general. Most companies were engaged in road paving and asphalt mixing, but some also participated in general construction and roofing. Coal tar use was…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Lung fibre burden in lung cancer cases employed in the rock and slag wool industry
…dry lung. Asbestos fibres were found in 16 cases in minor amounts, described by the authors as similar to general-population levels. Lung fibre levels did not follow estimated exposure to MMVF or asbestos, and age…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
A case-control study of lung cancer nested in a cohort of European asphalt workers
…risk. A sizable proportion of the excess mortality from lung cancer relative to the general population observed in the earlier cohort phase is likely attributable to high tobacco consumption and possibly to coal tar exposure, whereas…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
Occupational and environmental exposures and cancers in developing countries
…The authors concluded that asbestos's health consequences are being underestimated in these countries and that banning asbestos mining, manufacture and general use is imperative. They called their review not exhaustive and noted remaining knowledge gaps.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2022
Quantitative Assessment of Asbestos Fibers in Normal and Pathological Pleural Tissue-A Scoping Review
pleural mesothelioma is a rare cancer in the general population, but it is more common in subjects occupationally exposed to asbestos. Studies with asbestos fiber quantification in pleural tissue are scarce: for this reason, we aimed…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Updated mortality study of a cohort of asbestos textile workers
Limited information is available on risk of peritoneal mesothelioma after asbestos exposure, and in general on the risk of cancer after cessation of asbestos exposure. We updated to 2013 the follow-up of a cohort of…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2017
Exposure-Response Analyses of Asbestos and Lung Cancer Subtypes in a Pooled Analysis of Case-Control Studies
…asbestos exposure and assessed the joint effect of asbestos exposure and smoking by sex and lung cancer subtype in general population studies. We pooled 14 case-control studies conducted in 1985-2010 in Europe and Canada…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Pleural mesothelioma and occupational and non-occupational asbestos exposure: a case-control study with quantitative risk assessment
…Monferrato (north west Italy) is an area with an exceptionally high incidence of mesothelioma caused by asbestos contamination at work and in the general environment from the asbestos-cement Eternit plant that was operational until 1986…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Asbestos fibre burden in the lungs of patients with mesothelioma who lived near asbestos-cement factories
…residence to both plants. To provide information on the intensity of environmental asbestos exposure, in the general population living around these factories, through the evaluation of the lung fibre burden in mesothelioma patients. We analysed by…