8 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 · 1997
Comparison of U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards and German Berufsgenossenschaften Guidelines for Preventive Occupational Health Examinations
…compared the medical examination requirements in U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) general industry standards with those in the German Berufsgenossenschaften guidelines for preventive occupational health examinations. They used a previously published method that…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Re Ferrante et al (2020). Mortality and mesothelioma incidence among chrysotile asbestos miners in Balangero, Italy: A cohort study
…incomplete, explanation. Lung cancer SMRs versus the general population were almost identical: 1.14 (95% CI 0.81 to 1.55) and 1.16 (0.87 to 1.52). By cumulative exposure (fiber/mL-years), Pira…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Comparison of exposure assessment methods for occupational carcinogens in a multi-centre lung cancer case-control study
…re-applied to all study subjects. Third, an independent general population JEM (GPJEM) was created by occupational exposure experts not involved in the original study, and applied to study subjects. Results from these methods were compared…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
Parental occupational exposure and risk of childhood central nervous system tumors: a pooled analysis of case-control studies from Germany, France, and the UK
…face-to-face or by telephone. A general population job-exposure matrix was used to assign a level of exposure to each job. Logistic regression models were fitted to compute odds ratios and 95 % confidence intervals…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2017
Exposure-Response Analyses of Asbestos and Lung Cancer Subtypes in a Pooled Analysis of Case-Control Studies
…asbestos exposure and assessed the joint effect of asbestos exposure and smoking by sex and lung cancer subtype in general population studies. We pooled 14 case-control studies conducted in 1985-2010 in Europe and Canada…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Occupational exposure to asbestos and ovarian cancer: a meta-analysis
…authors independently abstracted data; any disagreement was resolved by consulting a third reviewer. All but one study reported standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) comparing observed numbers of deaths with expected numbers for the general population; the exception…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2024
Lung Cancer Risks Associated with Occupational Exposure to Pairs of Five Lung Carcinogens: Results from a Pooled Analysis of Case-Control Studies (SYNERGY)
…the selected lung carcinogens resulted generally in higher risk than exposure to individual agents, highlighting the importance to reduce and control exposure to carcinogens in workplaces and the general environment. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP13380.