6 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
Asbestos-associated disease in employees of Devonport Dockyard
This paper, from Plymouth General Hospital, England, brought together surveys and follow-up studies of men at Devonport Dockyard, which employed some 15,000 men, after 1966. Past exposure had been to chrysotile and, in most…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
What to do about the asbestos currently in ships and industry?
…the author cited studies indicating that essentially all adult lungs contain asbestos fibers, while mesothelioma is rare in the general population. The author stated that approximately 1.5 million Royal Navy seamen and officers served for…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
Asbestos disease in United States shipyards
…based on only 13 shipyard asbestosis deaths. Overall, shipyard insulators' mortality did not differ substantially from that of insulators in general. Second, in 1975 and 1976 the authors X-rayed 1000 volunteer workers at a shipyard…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
Mortality among shipyard workers in Genoa, Italy
…there exist different levels of exposure to noxious substances. Two control groups were selected: the general male population of Genoa and all male employees (462) of San Martino Hospital, Genoa for the same period of time…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2007
Mortality among shipyard Coast Guard workers: a retrospective cohort study
…In addition, 20 job groups were created on likely similar exposures. Standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) were calculated based on the general population of the state and adjusted for age, calendar period, sex and race. The follow…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
The doctors and the dockers
…The Registrar General's occupational mortality report for 1951, noted excess tumors of the lung and stomach for dockers. Elevated Standardized Mortality Ratios for lung cancer had consistently been calculated by the Registrar General for the…