5 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Update of a prospective study of mortality and cancer incidence in the Australian petroleum industry
…to 31 December 1996, comparing their deaths and cancers with national rates. Men's overall death rate was below the general population's (SMR 0.68, 95% CI 0.63 to 0.73). Their overall cancer…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1997
Occupational risk factors for Alzheimer disease: a case-control study
…including asbestos, were linked to Alzheimer disease. It compared 170 patients clinically diagnosed with probable or possible Alzheimer disease at two Sydney hospitals with 170 controls from general practices, matched for age and sex. Interviews took…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Update of mortality and cancer incidence in the Australian petroleum industry cohort
…and drivers had more kidney cancer than expected (12 cases v 5.84 expected). Lung cancer incidence among men was lower than in the general population (SIR 0.69, 95% CI 0.57 to 0.83)…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Asbestos-related cancers in refinery workers in the Australian petroleum industry
…77 (95% confidence interval = 1.95-6.59). The incidence of lung cancer was significantly lower than that in the general male population. Lung cancer incidence was higher in maintenance workers than in nonmaintenance workers…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2008
Mortality and cancer incidence of Australian participants in the British nuclear tests in Australia
…were compared with rates in the general male Australian population. Dose reconstructions were carried out by a panel of health physicists. Mortality and cancer rates were compared with the general population and between groups of subjects…