2 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1965
Relation between exposure to asbestos and mesothelioma
…53 from lung cancer. For comparison, an American Cancer Society general-population study recorded only 3 deaths from pleural mesothelioma among 31,652 deaths. Among the 10 workers who died of mesothelioma, none developed it less…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1967
Asbestosis and neoplasia
…consecutive deaths among insulation workers (1943-1966), 17 (about 5%) were due to mesothelioma, against about 1 in 10,000 deaths in the general population. In Dresden, lung cancer deaths rose as deaths from severe asbestosis…