2 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
The effect of smoking on the risk of lung cancer mortality for asbestos workers in Great Britain (1971-2005)
Workers in the asbestos industry tend to have high smoking rates compared to the general population. Both asbestos exposure and cigarette smoking are recognized risk factors for lung cancer mortality, but the exact nature of the…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Cardiovascular disease mortality among British asbestos workers (1971-2005)
…exposure was also statistically significant in this model. Cerebrovascular and IHD mortality was significantly higher among these asbestos workers than in the general population and within the cohort mortality was associated with indicators of asbestos exposure…