7 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Prospective study of asbestos-related diseases incidence cases in primary health care in an area of Barcelona province
…mesothelioma, asbestos-related pulmonary carcinoma, asbestosis and pleural plaques. General practitioners were to refer suspected cases to a respiratory specialist for confirmation. Trained researchers were then to interview patients or relatives about exposure source (work, family…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Investigation of occupational and environmental causes of respiratory cancers (ICARE): a multicenter, population-based case-control study in France
…was linked to cancer risk. The study included 2926 people with lung cancer, 2415 with head and neck cancer and 3555 comparison subjects from the general population. Between 2001 and 2007, cases were identified with cancer…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2017
Absence of multiplicative interactions between occupational lung carcinogens and tobacco smoking: a systematic review involving asbestos, crystalline silica and diesel engine exhaust emissions
…The silica studies disagreed on the additive scale. The authors concluded that, in general, there is no multiplicative interaction between these exposures and smoking, and that the evidence was insufficient to conclude on the additive scale…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
Risk factors associated with asbestos-related diseases: a community-based case-control study
…is a first level carcinogen. However, few epidemiological studies analyse the risk and protective factors associated with asbestos-related diseases and follow up these conditions in the general population. Pleural mesothelioma, caused by inhalation of asbestos…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
Lung cancer risk among workers in the construction industry: results from two case-control studies in Montreal
…In most previous studies, risks among construction workers were compared with general populations including blue and white collar workers. The main objectives of this study were to assess whether construction workers experience excess lung cancer risk…
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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…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2024
Asbestos ban policies and mesothelioma mortality in Greece
…31/100000person-years (2010-2019). After 2011, the ASMR for men and the general population stabilized. This stability is important since mesothelioma in men is associated with occupational asbestos exposure. The intriguing discovery of a lower…