985 results for “General Electric”, page 34 of 50
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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
Evaluation of Deposition and Clearance of Asbestos (Detected by SEM-EDS) in Lungs of Deceased Subjects Environmentally and/or Occupationally Exposed in Broni (Pavia, Northern Italy)
…certainly exposed to asbestos (mainly crocidolite and chrysotile) during their life. Moreover, we investigated possible correlations between the lung burden of asbestos (in general and considering each asbestos type), as well as their dimension (length, width…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Sarcomatoid mesothelioma: future advances in diagnosis, biomolecular assessment, and therapeutic options in a poor-outcome disease
…The different and worse outcome of patients with SM and, in general, nonepithelioid subtypes makes it intriguing to select these cases to better study the biomolecular profile in order to find factors linked to prognosis and…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
The Wittenoom legacy
…products in Western Australia. As a result, the state has recorded a higher malignant-mesothelioma mortality rate than in any other Australian state and in any defined general population in the world. Thus, the legacy of…
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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 · 2021
Incidence of Cancer and Asbestos-Related Diseases among Residents Living near Abandoned Asbestos Mines in South Korea: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using National Health Insurance Database
…Database of South Korea. We determined the risk of developing asbestos-related diseases (ARDs) among residents living near asbestos mines compared with those living in the control area and the general population. The risks of asbestosis…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2023
A framework of NGO inside and outside strategies in the commercial determinants of health: findings from a narrative review
…pharmaceuticals, weapons, textiles and asbestos, and a small number of general studies. We identified 18 types of NGO strategies, categorised according to the target (i.e. commercial actor or government actor) and type of interaction with…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
Development of Nationwide Excess Lifetime Cancer Risk Evaluation Methods with Comprehensive Past Asbestos Exposure Reconstruction
…calculate the Excess Lifetime Cancer Risk (ELCR) of Koreans. The past occupational exposure reconstruction was conducted by rebuilding the previous general population job-exposure matrix (JEM). The para-occupational and household exposure estimation was based on…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2024
Impact of climate change on temperature variations and extrinsic incubation period of malaria parasites in Chennai, India: implications for its disease transmission potential
…vivax was calculated from longitudinal temperatures recorded during both periods. Vector surveillance was also carried out in the area during the summer season. In general, temperature and daily temperature range (DTR) have increased significantly compared to…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2024
Awareness of environmental carcinogens and cancer risk among Jordanians
…This study aimed to assess Jordanians' awareness of some of the recognized environmental human carcinogens and general cancer information. This study was conducted using a cross-sectional descriptive survey based on a questionnaire completed by Jordanian…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
Symptom Burden and Unmet Needs in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Exploratory Analyses From the RESPECT-Meso Study
…of the symptom burden and unmet needs identified from RESPECT-Meso participants. Exploratory analysis from 174 participants using the General Health Status (GHS) measure (from the EORTC QLQ-C30 QoL questionnaire) and 87 participants using validated…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2023
An Approach to Overcome the Limitations of Surveillance of Asbestos Related Diseases in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: What We Learned from the Sibaté Study in Colombia
…regional, and national authorities, as well as the general population. The active surveillance strategy successfully identified a mesothelioma cluster in Sibaté, revealing the inadequacy of the existing health information system in monitoring asbestos-related diseases. The…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2017
Efficacy of Cell-Free and Concentrated Ascites Reinfusion Therapy for Palliative Care in a Patient with Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: A Case Report
…A 59-year-old Japanese male with MPM who had undergone pleural decortication had pleural and peritoneal recurrence. His general status deteriorated as he developed massive ascites due to peritoneal metastases. With the initiation of CART…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
The role of sex in particle-induced inflammation and injury
…is greatly lacking. Only ~20% of basic research in the general sciences use both male and female animals and a substantial percentage of these do not address differences between sexes within their analyses. This has prevented…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
NLRP1 and NLRP3 polymorphisms in mesothelioma patients and asbestos exposed individuals a population-based autopsy study from North East Italy
…but death for other causes, all from a North East Italy. No association was found between NLRP1 and NLRP3 polymorphisms and susceptibility to develop mesothelioma using the general, dominant or recessive models. Also haplotype analysis did…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
Extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma: is this an operation that should now be consigned to history?
…something to offer with EPP, but the onus is on them to fully inform the patient of their reasons for advising them contrary to the evidence that applies in general for this operation in this disease.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Estimates of carbon nanotube deposition in the lung: improving quality and robustness
…particles, although experimental confirmation of this would be of benefit, especially given their low density. The validation of fiber deposition models is significantly less extensive and, in general, focused on larger particles, e.g. asbestos. This…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Data mining analysis of the PP2A cell cycle axis in mesothelioma patients
…2A (PP2A) network, we analyzed the gene expression of known PP2A inhibitors in mesothelioma patient samples. Our analysis disclosed a general overexpression of all PP2A-negative regulators in mesothelioma patients. Moreover, the expression of ANP32E and…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
The Epidemiologic Characteristics of Malignant Mesothelioma Cases in Korea: Findings of the Asbestos Injury Relief System from 2011-2015
…resident registrations in order to investigate the dates of diagnosis and death. Asbestos exposure and patients' general characteristics were investigated through face-to-face interviews. The standardized incidence ratio was calculated as the number of observations…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
Identification of hazardous nanoparticles present in the Caribbean Sea for the allocation of future preservation projects
…applied in the Caribbean Sea. The general objective of this study is to evaluate the use of advanced methods for the determination of toxic nanoparticles, which can directly affect the development of marine organisms in the…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Reprint of "Biomonitoring of genotoxic effects for human exposure to nanomaterials: The challenge ahead"
…rising. Therefore, there is an urgent need for the implementation of human biomonitoring studies of genotoxic effects after NM exposures in order to monitor and assure safety for workers and the general population. In this review…