4 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2019
Occupational and work-related respiratory disease attributed to cleaning products
This study analysed work-related respiratory disease reported to the UK THOR surveillance network by chest physicians (1989–2017), occupational physicians (1999–2017) and general practitioners (2006–2017). It concerns cleaning products; asbestos cases were excluded…
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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 · 2006
Lung fibre burden in lung cancer cases employed in the rock and slag wool industry
…dry lung. Asbestos fibres were found in 16 cases in minor amounts, described by the authors as similar to general-population levels. Lung fibre levels did not follow estimated exposure to MMVF or asbestos, and age…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Occupational cancer burden in Great Britain
…A brief summary of the methods and an overview of the updated overall results are given in this introductory paper. A general discussion of the overall strengths and limitations of the study is also presented. Overall…