985 results for “General Electric”, page 25 of 50
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
Invited Commentary
…at one center by one surgeon. The author concluded that age alone should not decide fitness for surgery. In the author's view, measures of general well-being and activity should stay central to surgical decisions.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Simian virus 40 may be associated with developing malignant pleural mesothelioma
…needs larger studies with more reliable detection methods. They noted several limitations: the small sample, possible false or missed results from the staining method, and no published data on SV40 levels in Vietnam's general population.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Malignant Diffuse Mesothelioma in Women: A Study of 354 Cases
… chrysotile was never the only fiber type. The authors concluded that peritoneal mesotheliomas in women, in general, are not likely to be caused by asbestos exposure. They noted that 95% of cases came from litigation and…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
Malignant Mesothelioma
…The findings it credits to named authors come from those separate articles, while its opening paragraph gave the editors' general overview of recent research. The authors concluded that the 19 articles might help reach the goal…
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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 · 2020
What are the psychological effects of mesothelioma on patients and their carers? A scoping review
…et al.) reported that mesothelioma patients had the highest suicide risk of all cancer types in the first six months after diagnosis, 8.61-fold compared with the general population. No study explored carers' experience separately…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2018
OSHA and elongate mineral particles
…new rulemaking if there are sufficient data and exposed employees. They could also be regulated under OSHA's General Duty section if four conditions are met, including a recognized serious hazard and a feasible way to…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Asbestos exposure: challenges for Australian clinicians
…median survival of 9–12 months. The authors wrote that most people with disabling asbestos-related disease are compensated. They argued that differing general damages awards across jurisdictions made a strong case for a national approach.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2025
Marble Waste Dump Yard in Rajasthan, India Revealed as a Potential Asbestos Exposure Hazard
…103,000,000 per gram. The authors concluded that this plausibly demonstrates that the marble industry poses an occupational and environmental hazard to workers, local inhabitants and the general public by exposing them to asbestos dust.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Asbestos, Pleural Plaques, and Lung Cancer: Untangling the Relationships
…depends on precise exposure estimates. The author concluded that people with known moderate to heavy exposure should not be denied CT screening because they lack plaques. In general populations, the author wrote, bilateral plaques should prompt…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1917
A Roentgenologic Study Of The Effects Of Dust Inhalation Upon The Lungs
…concluded that pneumoconiosis had often been mistaken for tuberculosis. They noted that details from the clinical and X-ray examinations had been compared only in a general way, and that dust volume measurements had not yet…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2019
Checkpoint inhibitors in mesothelioma: hope for the future?
…the trials were non-comparative, could be affected by selection and survivorship bias, and enrolled patients of good performance status (general fitness). They concluded that well-designed phase 3 trials are needed. The article did not…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Management of malignant pleural mesothelioma - part 3 : Data from the Austrian Mesothelioma Interest Group (AMIG) database
…had earlier-stage disease, were in better general condition and more often had epithelioid tumors. When these factors were analyzed together, only general condition (Karnofsky index) and tumor subtype remained statistically significant. The authors concluded that…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2017
Spirometry: a predictor of lung cancer among asbestos workers
…concluded that spirometry can identify patients at risk of lung cancer and should be offered at least every three years. They noted that participation was voluntary and that the results cannot be generalized to general practice.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Inhalation unit risk (IUR) of asbestos based on available science
…chrysotile's value was 0.026, about 65 times lower than crocidolite's. The authors stated that the general US EPA asbestos value, 0.23, would overestimate risk for Libby amphibole and chrysotile and dramatically underestimate…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1987
Apportionment of risk among environmental exposures: application to asbestos exposure and cigarette smoking
…in full to asbestos; the author noted that actual risk assessment would split it too. A table compared equal weights with excess-risk weights. The author concluded that the general formulas expressed the apportionment more clearly.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1986
Asbestos-related findings in chest radiographs of the male population of the county of Telemark, Norway--a cross-sectional study
…occurrence of such disorders and the degree and duration of the reported asbestos exposure. The study presents evidence that asbestos-related disorders may be more prevalent in the general male population than has been recognized earlier.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1983
Asbestos: further steps towards reducing the risks
…would need a licence from the Health and Safety Executive. The commentary noted that the general environment still lacked specific limits, and that the commission's tone hardly suggested a resolve to act with great urgency…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
Reducing environmental risk associated with laboratory decommissioning and property transfer
…b) characterization assessment, c) remedial effort and d) final status survey. General practice standards from the American Society for Testing and Materials are available for conducting the first two phases. However, standards have not yet been…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1955
Silicosis and asbestosis: diagnosis, prevention and treatment
…stated that effective therapy for disabling asbestosis had not been demonstrated. American experience had not shown more lung cancer in recognized asbestosis cases than in the general population, although British experience suggested a possible causal relationship…