4 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1984
The pathology of asbestos related disease
…from 1 000 000 to several hundred million in severe asbestosis. It reported that mesothelioma cases in general had chrysotile counts no higher than controls. It described mesothelioma cases with no asbestos bodies in lung sections…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1971
The calcification of fibrous pleural lesions produced in guinea-pigs by the injection of chrysotile asbestos dust
…asbestos dust in the fibrous area. The first signs of general calcium deposition were seen both in contact with collagen fibres and on the surface of the coated asbestos dust. Eventually calcium deposits filled all the…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1974
Ultrastructure of human mesotheliomas
…intermingled on the same cell. One biopsy specimen that did not conform to this general pattern was proved at autopsy to be a bronchial carcinoma with secondary spread into the pleural cavity. This indicated that electron…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1986
The in vitro cytotoxicity of asbestos fibers: I. P388D1 cells
…lactate dehydrogenase, and glucosaminidase levels were determined. In general, there was a close association between the reduction in cellular viability and the loss of intracellular enzymes induced by each dust, the chrysotile asbestos samples proving more…