4 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 · 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.