985 results for “General Electric”, page 32 of 50
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Medical study · Medical research · 1977
Immunological studies of patients with asbestosis. I. Studies of cell-mediated immunity
…immune system may play a rôle in cancer development, the general level of immunocompetence was studied in a group of twenty-six patients with radiographically defined asbestosis, who might be at risk of developing asbestos-related…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1984
Pluripotential nature of mesotheliomata induced by inhalation of erionite in rats
…more frequently by inhalation of erionite than by asbestos inhalation. Erionite-induced tumours have in general a similar ultrastructural appearance to inoculum-induced pleural and peritoneal mesotheliomata. Unusual features of these tumours were the presence of…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2001
Expiratory and inspiratory forced vital capacity and one-second forced volume in asymptomatic never-smokers in Norway
…objectives of this study were to examine within and between individual variation detected during forced expiratory (FE) and forced inspiratory (FI) manoeuvers in a general population and to investigate the dependence of these variables on age…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2008
Mortality and cancer incidence of Australian participants in the British nuclear tests in Australia
…were compared with rates in the general male Australian population. Dose reconstructions were carried out by a panel of health physicists. Mortality and cancer rates were compared with the general population and between groups of subjects…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
Immunopathological effects of malaria pigment or hemozoin and other crystals
Blood-stage malaria parasites produce insoluble hemozoin (Hz) crystals that are released in the blood circulation upon schizont rupture. In general, endogenous crystal formation or inhalation of crystalline materials is often associated with pathology. As the…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1988
EPA as a public health agency
…The public's perception of the potential adverse consequences to their health of chemical and physical agents in the general environment is a common motivating force in setting EPA's agenda and in making regulatory decisions…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1988
Comparison of light and electron microscopy for defining occupational asbestos exposure in transbronchial lung biopsies
…past occupational exposure is examined. Simulated transbronchial biopsy samples and open lung biopsy samples were collected from autopsy material from 12 former amosite asbestos workers and ten persons from the general population. Tissue evaluation included (1…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2003
Pleural mesothelioma incidence in Europe: evidence of some deceleration in the increasing trends
To summarize the geographical and temporal variations in incidence of pleural mesothelioma in Europe, using the extensive data available from European general cancer registries, and consider these in light of recent trends in asbestos extraction, use…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1985
Mineral particles, mineral fibers, and lung cancer
…smoking history, and general occupational class. The lung cancer patients had an average of 525 +/- 369 X 10(6) exogenous mineral particles and 17.4 +/- 19.6 X 10(6) exogenous mineral fibers/g dry lung…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Radiological abnormalities and asbestos exposure among custodians of the New York City Board of Education
…New York City Board of Education underwent examination from 1985 through 1987 for asbestos-related disease and other general medical conditions by the clinical staff of the Division of Environmental and Occupational Medicine of the Mount…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Palliative treatment of malignant pleural effusions
…for malignant pleural effusion. From January 2002 to December 2004, 50 VATS procedures were performed under general anaesthesia on 48 patients for malignant pleural effusion. There were 45 women and 3 men with a median age…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Survey of British pathologists' performance of mesothelioma post-mortems
…a questionnaire was sent to all UK Consultant Histopathologists, and 12% were recruited. In general post-mortems, the Coroner approved 60% of requests for organ retention, and Pathologists failed to make such a request in 5…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
A decade of malignant mesothelioma surveillance in Korea
…cases in Korea. In 2001, The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency organized a nationwide cardiopulmonary pathology group and established a malignant mesothelioma surveillance system covering all general hospitals in Korea. Mesothelioma cases were reported to…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Asbestos fibre burden in the lungs of patients with mesothelioma who lived near asbestos-cement factories
…residence to both plants. To provide information on the intensity of environmental asbestos exposure, in the general population living around these factories, through the evaluation of the lung fibre burden in mesothelioma patients. We analysed by…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1977
Health aspects of man-made mineral fibres. A review
…in production for over 40 years. The diameter of the fibres has in general been too large to cause a high concentration of respirable fibrous dust during manufacturing or use. Medical studies in several countries of…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1986
Indirect exposures: the significance of bystanders at work and at home
…significance of such hazard dissemination has been evaluated in studies dealing mostly with asbestos and lead. The general lessons learned from this evidence would suggest that indirect exposures may occur much more commonly than suspected. Thus…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Airborne concentrations of chrysotile asbestos in serpentine quarries and stone processing facilities in Valmalenco, Italy
…cases, there is the possibility of releasing asbestos fibres into the atmosphere from the rock or soil, subsequently exposing workers and the general population, which can lead to an increased risk of developing asbestos-related diseases…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1997
Evaluating chemical risks: results of a survey of the British Toxicology Society
…the toxicity of the chemicals involved. 6. In general, British toxicologists were equivocal about the reliability of animal studies in predicting human effects (particularly carcinogenicity) probably because of the belief that animal studies overestimate risk. However…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Detection of serum p53 protein in lung cancer patients
…with potential asbestos exposure), 23 unexposed matched hospital control subjects, 58 unmatched general population control subjects, and 4 people with nonmalignant lung disease using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and Western immunoblotting. Average levels of serum…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2002
Updated epidemiological study of workers at two California petroleum refineries, 1950-95
…cohort study of workers at two petroleum refineries in California was undertaken. Mortality analyses were based on standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) using the general population of California as a reference…