3 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2003
Effects of tobacco smoking on findings in chest computed tomography among asbestos-exposed workers
…The authors concluded that CT can detect changes due to smoking at an early stage. They noted that there were only 18 never-smokers and that the results cannot be applied directly to the general population.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Emphysema findings associated with heavy asbestos-exposure in high resolution computed tomography of finnish construction workers
…exposure duration, age, pack years and asbestosis diagnosis were analyzed in general linear models for possible associations with emphysema. The inter- (quadratic weighted kappa, kappa(qw)=0.46-0.72) and intraobserver (kappa(qw)=0.78…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Lung and pleural CT signs predict deaths: 10-year follow-up after lung cancer screening of asbestos-exposed workers
…lung/pleural CT signs found in screening seem to predict deaths in long term, which may require more careful medical surveillance of such individuals. Further studies are needed to generalize the present findings to general population.