4 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1936
Occupational Disease Compensation: Data Indicative Of Cost For Occupational Diseases In General, And Of Silicosis, Asbestosis And Dust Diseases In Particular
This article was an insurance report, not a medical study. The author, general manager of a casualty and surety insurers' association, described what workers' compensation insurance for occupational diseases, especially silicosis and asbestosis, was costing. In…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1933
The Effects Of Inhaled Mineral Dusts
This 1933 article, by the director of the Saranac Laboratory, was a paper presented before a congress. It was a general discussion of how inhaled mineral dusts, mainly silica, asbestos and coal, affect the lungs, not…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1938
Pneumoconiosis And Pulmonary Carcinoma
…the authors' own series, showed 30 with lung cancer (0.8 per cent). The authors said this was lower than in routine autopsies of the general population. Of 3,338 animals, only 2 guinea pigs developed…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1931
Recent Views on Pneumonoconioses
Silicosis has been intensively studied since it was isolated from other diseases caused by dust. These studies have shown that silicosis may be fairly advanced without seriously impairing general health; it may, however, itself lead to…