5 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Malignant pleural mesothelioma associated with exposure to tremolite
…microscopy showed that rock and whitewash samples consisted primarily of asbestiform tremolite. Air sampling in two villages found no tremolite fibres in the general atmosphere. High concentrations were found in road dust clouds from a car…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Assessment of environmental and domestic exposure to tremolite in New Caledonia
…concluded that the whitewash may produce high airborne fiber levels and lung contents comparable with occupational settings. They noted that samples came from sick patients and probably did not reflect the general population's lung burden.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Pleural mesothelioma and exposure to asbestos: evaluation from work histories and analysis of asbestos bodies in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid or lung tissue in 131 patients
…to asbestos, a large group of subjects seemed to have a history of exposure or lung retention of asbestos bodies suggestive of very low levels of cumulative exposure, similar to those described in the general population.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
French mesothelioma register
…the ages of 47 and 41 years, respectively, the annual death rate was higher in those with mesothelioma than in those of the general population. The proportions of mesothelioma patients who had experienced occupational, para-occupational…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1998
Shedding of CD44 from PMA-differentiated U-937 cells is enhanced by treatment with mineral particles
…some (TiO2 and amosite) had no effect on this process. These results indicate that shedding enhancement was particle-specific rather than a general consequence of phagocytosis. The ability of the particles to enhance CD44 shedding was…