4 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
Compensation of pleural mesothelioma in France: data from the French National Mesothelioma Surveillance Programme
…the Compensation Fund for Asbestos Victims (FIVA) were analyzed. Approximately 30% of subjects presenting with pleural mesothelioma, affiliated to the General National Health Insurance fund, neither sought recognition as an OD nor claimed for FIVA compensation…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Attributable risk in men in two French case-control studies on mesothelioma and asbestos
…B. After weighting subjects according to distribution of socio-economic status in the general population for controls and according to distribution of socio-economic status of cases registered by the French National Mesothelioma Surveillance Program, re…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Asbestos-related cancer risk in patients with asbestosis or pleural plaques
…Among asbestos-exposed individuals, those having radiographic evidence of pleural plaques are at increased risk for lung cancer and pleural mesothelioma, compared to the general population. However, there is no evidence that pleural plaque confers an…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
CT scan screening is associated with increased distress among subjects of the APExS
…consequences was performed 6 months after the HRCT-scan examination (T2). PCQ scores were compared quantitatively (t-test, general linear model) and qualitatively (chi²-test, logistic regression) to screening results. Multivariate analyses were adjusted for gender…