5 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
European Code against Cancer 4th Edition: Environment, occupation and cancer
…throughout life to a wide range of environmental and occupational pollutants from different sources at home, in the workplace or in the general environment - exposures that normally cannot be directly controlled by the individual. Several chemicals…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2009
Porcelain factory worker with asbestos-related mesothelioma
Malignant mesothelioma is a rare tumor among the general population, but for people exposed to asbestos, the lifetime risk is high. A 58-year old man presented with suffering from chest pain, upper back pain, shortness…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Detection of serum p53 protein in lung cancer patients
…with potential asbestos exposure), 23 unexposed matched hospital control subjects, 58 unmatched general population control subjects, and 4 people with nonmalignant lung disease using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and Western immunoblotting. Average levels of serum…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1993
Asbestos exposure among Finnish lung cancer patients: occupational history and fiber concentration in lung tissue
…construction jobs, and valuable information about the exposure levels could be obtained by the mineral fiber analyses. In general, there was a good accord between the exposure categorization and the fiber burden measured in the lung.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1999
Modulation of genotoxic and related effects by carotenoids and vitamin A in experimental models: mechanistic issues
…In spite of some discrepant data, the general trend was that both carotenoids and vitamin A are poorly effective in acting as nucleophiles, nor do they appear to substantially interfere with the induction or repair of…