2 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1978
Risk factors in asbestos exposure
…the author stated, lung cancer risk was raised about four-fold above general-population non-smokers in a non-smoker, and ten- to twenty-fold above people with the same smoking habit in a heavy smoker…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1978
Awkward medicolegal problems in asbestos-induced disease. Problems in law
…to mesothelioma, asbestos bodies in the lungs of ordinary people, mesothelioma without a known cause in the general population, and the combined effect of smoking in lung cancer all made causation hard to decide. He noted…