3 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
The analysis of lagging materials for asbestos: CEGB procedures
This article, by an author from the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB), described how the Board sampled and analysed thermal insulation (lagging) in its power stations for asbestos, and reviewed the analytical methods it used. It…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1998
Risk of cancer among Danish utility workers--a nationwide cohort study
…with 2,825 expected, yielding a small but significantly increased risk of 1.06 (95% confidence interval 1.03-1.10) among the utility workers in comparison with the general population. No excess was observed for…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Cancer incidence among Australian nuclear industry workers
This retrospective cohort study compared cancer rates among workers at the Lucas Heights Science and Technology Centre with rates in the general New South Wales (NSW) population. Of 7,076 workers employed 1957 to 1998, the…