7 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
Lung cancer and exposure to man-made vitreous fibers: results from a pooled case-control study in Germany
…The case series consisted of 3498 males who were histologically or cytologically verified primary lung cancer cases. 3541 male population controls were drawn at random from the general population and matched to cases by sex, age…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
Occupational lung cancer risk for men in Germany: results from a pooled case-control study
This study pooled two German case-control studies (1988 to 1996): 3,498 men with lung cancer and 3,541 men from the general population. Lifelong job and smoking histories were collected; experts rated workplace exposures…
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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 · 2001
Case-control study on lung cancer and residential radon in western Germany
…7 (95 percent CI 1.4 to 2.0). Adjusting for it did not change the radon results. The authors concluded that their results suggest residential radon contributes to lung cancer risk in the general population.
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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 · 2011
Occupational exposure to dusts and risk of renal cell carcinoma
…multi-center, hospital-based renal case-control study. General occupational histories and job-specific questionnaires were reviewed by occupational hygienists for subject-specific information. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) between RCC risk…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2024
Lung Cancer Risks Associated with Occupational Exposure to Pairs of Five Lung Carcinogens: Results from a Pooled Analysis of Case-Control Studies (SYNERGY)
…the selected lung carcinogens resulted generally in higher risk than exposure to individual agents, highlighting the importance to reduce and control exposure to carcinogens in workplaces and the general environment. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP13380.