985 results for “General Electric”, page 28 of 50
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Medical study · Medical research · 1986
Contribution of environmental fibers to respiratory cancer
…large. Using a KL of 0.01, the authors estimated fewer than 100 lung cancers and 100 mesotheliomas per year in the general population from past ambient exposures. They noted great uncertainty in these estimates. They…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2008
Naturally occurring asbestos: a recurring public policy challenge
…and approximately 40% were magnesiohornblende, a non-regulated mineral. An EPA Inspector General report said cleanup in Libby, Montana could not be verified as effective after more than $100 million spent. Dust controls in Fairfax County…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1968
Asbestos bodies
…incidental asbestos inhalation was virtually certain. The author concluded that many bodies were probably true asbestos bodies and that occupational exposure was probably a more important source than general environmental contamination. The author called the occupational…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
Man-made mineral fibers and interstitial lung diseases
…obliterative bronchiolitis who prepared fiberglass with styrene resins. The author stated that human data on fiber persistence in the lung were too limited for general conclusions about all MMMFs. The author concluded that epidemiological and toxicological…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1967
Asbestos-dust exposures at various levels and mortality
…white males of all ages in 1950 to 1962. The authors concluded that asbestos dust at general-population levels probably is of little importance in causing disease. Follow-up lasted at most 16 and a half…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1985
Health implications of environmental exposure to asbestos
…about 2 per million per annum and that--as at least some mesothelioma cases in females are directly or indirectly attributable to occupational exposure--there is little room left for any contribution from the general environment…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Epidemiology of Lung Cancer
…medical history, and occupational exposures, however there is not yet a risk prediction model currently recommended for general use. As lung cancer screening becomes more widespread, a validated model will be needed to better define risk…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1985
Thoracic surgical problems in asbestos-related disorders
…received chemotherapy survived an average of 12.4 months. The authors judged their surgical experience with 23 lung cancer patients no different from lung cancer in general. They concluded that nearly all plaque operations could have…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Pleural plaques and exposure to asbestos: a mathematical model
…latency of around 13 years, 'a' around 0.4, and a constant depending on exposure intensity. The author noted that the model's general applicability cannot be judged until it is tested on other data sets.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1955
Mortality from lung cancer in asbestos workers
…was a specific industrial hazard of certain asbestos workers and that the average risk among men employed for 20 or more years has been of the order of 10 times that experienced by the general population…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Mesothelioma and non-occupational environmental exposure to asbestos
…the plant. The numbers were small, but rates appeared to fall with distance from Casale Monferrato. They discussed possible biases and concluded that a cancer risk from asbestos may arise in the general, non-occupational environment.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1999
New molecular and epidemiological issues in mesothelioma: role of SV40
…was difficult to draw conclusions. They suggested that SV40 and asbestos might act together. The authors concluded that it would be premature to reach definitive conclusions about SV40's role in mesothelioma in the general population.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Peritoneal mesothelioma: the role of computed tomography in diagnosis and follow up
…On follow-up, seven of eight patients showed increasing disease, but this was judged by general impression rather than precise measurement. The authors found no CT feature that was diagnostic. They concluded that CT is at…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2003
Smoking prevalence of asbestos workers: a comment
…letter also cited other reports of 49.9% and 41.9% current smokers among construction workers, and 27.7% in the general population. The authors suggested that the older group's lower rate reflected a survivor…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2009
Factors associated with cancer distress in the Asbestos Post-Exposure Survey (APEXS)
…asbestos will develop a disease was also associated with distress. The authors concluded that exposed subjects showed more distress than earlier studies had described. They noted their volunteer comparison group may not represent the general population.
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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 · 1973
Epidemiological and quantitative relationships between mesothelioma and asbestos on Tyneside
…fibres remains statistically significant. The data suggest that, on Tyneside, exposure to asbestos sufficient to cause an appreciable risk of developing mesothelioma has usually occurred through occupational exposure rather than by general environmental pollution by asbestos.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1968
Environmental epidemiology. 3. Community effects of nonoccupational environmental asbestos exposure
…raised several open questions: unrecognized occupational exposure, whether the bodies were truly asbestos, whether general air pollution causes disease, and how to allow for smoking and long latency. They concluded that well-defined cohort studies with…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
Dose-response relationships for asbestos-related disease: implications for hygiene standards. Part II. Mortality
…first exposure and duration were shown, with gastrointestinal cancer and asbestosis set aside. The author concluded that occupational exposure must be rigorously monitored, but that risk to the general population is likely to be extremely low.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1997
Analysis of asbestos fiber burden in lung tissue from mesothelioma patients
…those without, but the authors found the ranges too wide to predict asbestosis from fiber counts. The authors concluded that most patients had a confirmed asbestos burden above general population levels, often of mixed types. They…