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 · 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 · 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…