3 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1985
Health implications of environmental exposure to asbestos
…about 2 per million per annum and that--as at least some mesothelioma cases in females are directly or indirectly attributable to occupational exposure--there is little room left for any contribution from the general environment…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Epidemiology of malignant mesothelioma--an outline
…the 20-year period, 1974-1994, showed a wide range of outcomes, but in general that the risk was higher in exposures which included amphiboles rather than chrysotile alone. Real progress began, however, with discoveries along…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Mortality in a cohort of vermiculite miners exposed to fibrous amphibole in Libby, Montana
…a 14% increase in mortality for mine workers exposed occupationally to 100 f/ml.y or about 3.2% for a general population exposed for 50 years to an ambient concentration of 0.1 f/ml…