3 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 · 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 · 2010
A case-control study of lung cancer nested in a cohort of European asphalt workers
…risk. A sizable proportion of the excess mortality from lung cancer relative to the general population observed in the earlier cohort phase is likely attributable to high tobacco consumption and possibly to coal tar exposure, whereas…