3 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1989
Diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma in an urban hospital: clinical spectrum and trend in incidence over time
This retrospective review covered coded mesothelioma patients at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1973 through 1986. Of 75 cases, 64 were diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma; four peritoneal and seven benign fibrous cases were not analyzed. Of the…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1977
The significance of asbestos exposure in the diagnosis of mesothelioma: a 28-year experience from a major urban hospital
This retrospective study reviewed all 36 patients coded with diffuse malignant mesothelioma at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, from 1945 through 1972. The authors classed 17 cases as asbestos related, 14 through shipyard trades. They classed 19…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1978
Asbestos exposure and related neoplasia. The 28 year experience of a major urban hospital
This was a retrospective review of hospital records for all 49 patients diagnosed with asbestosis at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston from 1945 through 1972. Asbestosis was confirmed by tissue examination in 36 patients and diagnosed…