3 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1980
Asbestos and lung cancer: the clinicians' questions
…a 1962 Royal College of Physicians report that reviewed 216 reports, and a 1964 Surgeon-General's report based on a review of 1,011 scientific papers. The author then introduced four presentations: whether the case…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
Environmental exposure to asbestos: A factor in the rising rate of cancer in the industrialized world?
…exposure could not easily be discounted. The author still saw no reason to change the Lyon conference conclusion of no evidence of a risk to the general public at present. The author urged physicians to take…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1990
The relationship between respiratory impairment and asbestos-related pleural abnormality in an active work force
With the general improvement in environmental controls in workplaces where asbestos is used, an increasing number of workers are seen who exhibit isolated pleural plaques. The question as to whether these are associated with respiratory impairment…