7 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 · 2000
Workplace exposures and oesophageal cancer
…between 1979 and 1985. It compared 99 men with oesophageal cancer (63 with squamous cell carcinoma) with 1,066 controls: 533 men from the general population and 533 men with other cancers. Chemists and industrial hygienists…
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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 · 2001
A case-control study of the relationship between the risk of colon cancer in men and exposures to occupational agents
…who were diagnosed with colon cancer between 1979 and 1985. They compared them with 2047 control men: 1514 with other cancers and 533 from the general population. Chemists and industrial hygienists turned each man's job…
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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 · 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.