7 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1999
Tissue burden of asbestos in nonoccupationally exposed individuals from east Texas
The potential for asbestos exposure among members of the general population is appreciable, considering its widespread use in many products. This study examined tissue burden of asbestos in such a population. A group of 33 individuals…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
A comparison of asbestos burden in lung parenchyma, lymph nodes, and plaques
…plaques and pleura are not useful for mineral analysis, and they designed the study to test it. Tissue was collected at autopsy at the General Hospital of Monfalcone, Italy, from eight former shipyard workers (seven men…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1990
Asbestos content of lung tissue, lymph nodes, and pleural plaques from former shipyard workers
…in tissue taken at autopsy from eight former shipyard workers, aged 58 to 82, at the General Hospital of Monfalcone, a shipyard town in northeastern Italy. Seven had work histories of 6 to 46 years in…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
Asbestos content in the lymph nodes of nonoccupationally exposed individuals
…However, no information exists as to asbestos content in lymph nodes from the general population. The study cohort consisted of 21 individuals previously defined as nonoccupationally exposed to asbestos. Tissue burden of asbestos obtained from lung…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1988
Comparison of light and electron microscopy for defining occupational asbestos exposure in transbronchial lung biopsies
…past occupational exposure is examined. Simulated transbronchial biopsy samples and open lung biopsy samples were collected from autopsy material from 12 former amosite asbestos workers and ten persons from the general population. Tissue evaluation included (1…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1985
A comparison of the ferruginous body and uncoated fiber content in the lungs of former asbestos workers
…2 million uncoated amphibole fibers per gram. Light microscopy examination of adjacent tissues confirmed mild fibrosis in both workers. Ferruginous bodies serve as a general marker for asbestos exposure. However, our data suggest that their absence…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
Thirty-day mortality underestimates the risk of early death after major resections for thoracic malignancies
…occurs beyond the first 30 postsurgical days as well as after hospital discharge. Because cancer operations constitute a large portion of general thoracic surgery, we recommend national databases consider the inclusion of 90-day mortality in…