5 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2017
Sharing different perspectives to understand asbestos-induced carcinogenesis: A comment to Jiang et al. (2016)
…Cancer Sci (2016) that have inspired a more general comment on how the research on asbestos should take advantage of the different existing multidisciplinary perspectives so to flow into a final comprehensive model of asbestos‐induced…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2019
Iron from a geochemical viewpoint. Understanding toxicity/pathogenicity mechanisms in iron-bearing minerals with a special attention to mineral fibers
…the role of iron in erionite's toxicity is controversial. The authors stated that a general model of how iron leads to adverse effects is still missing. They concluded that the crystal chemistry and surface chemistry…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2019
Characterization and assessment of the potential toxicity/pathogenicity of fibrous glaucophane
…in California for building/construction purposes (see for example the Calaveras Dam Replacement Project - CDRP). Dust generated by these excavation activities may expose workforces and the general population to this potential natural hazard. In this work…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
In vitro toxicity of fibrous glaucophane
…blueschist rocks of California (USA) currently mined for construction purposes. Dust generated by the excavation activities might potentially expose workers and the general public. The aim of this study was to determine whether fibrous glaucophane induces…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2018
Assessment of the potential hazard represented by natural raw materials containing mineral fibres-The case of the feldspar from Orani, Sardinia (Italy)
…the Orani's mine. The procedure proposed herein may be a general tool suitable to identify the mineralogical nature of fibrous minerals in raw materials and assess if they may represent a potential health/environmental hazard.