4 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Lung cancer risk in past asbestos workers a few decades after exposure cessation and prospects for screening
To ascertain whether the current risk of lung cancer in former asbestos workers was higher than in the general population, 1,557 past asbestos workers were recruited during statutory health examinations (from 2000 onward) and followed…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2003
Smoking prevalence of asbestos workers: a comment
…letter also cited other reports of 49.9% and 41.9% current smokers among construction workers, and 27.7% in the general population. The authors suggested that the older group's lower rate reflected a survivor…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1996
A study of personal and area airborne asbestos concentrations during asbestos abatement: a statistical evaluation of fibre concentration data
…mastic with traditional methods, and mastic removal with a high-efficiency particulate air filter blast track (shot-blast) machine. In general, abatement of boiler and pipe insulation produces the highest airborne fibre levels, while abatement of…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2008
Feasibility of a screening programme for lung cancer in former asbestos workers
…Incidence rate was 149 per 10(5), equal to that in the male general population of similar age. The expenses for diagnosis were 1014 and 244962 Euro per screened subject and screen-detected lung cancer case…