6 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1972
Prevalence of pleural calcification in persons exposed to asbestos dust, and in the general population in the same district
…not minus only the 8. Each exposed group had more cases than expected from the general population (workers: 42 against an expected 2.75). The authors reported these differences as statistically significant at the 1% level…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1976
Computer tomography in the evaluation of pulmonary asbestosis. Preliminary experiences with the EMI general purpose scanner
…from Harrow, England, described early experience using computer tomography (CT) with the EMI general purpose scanner in 13 patients exposed to asbestos for between one and 40 years. Each had 5 to 8 CT sections, which…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1970
Effect of hyaluronate on the electrophoretic migration of plasma proteins in pleural fluid
This 1970 report from the Department of Clinical Chemistry at Malmö General Hospital, Sweden, described laboratory findings in pleural fluid from one patient, a 60-year-old welder with fluid around both lungs (bilateral pleural effusions…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1971
The calcification of fibrous pleural lesions produced in guinea-pigs by the injection of chrysotile asbestos dust
…asbestos dust in the fibrous area. The first signs of general calcium deposition were seen both in contact with collagen fibres and on the surface of the coated asbestos dust. Eventually calcium deposits filled all the…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1970
Aetiology of pleural plaques
…previous disease was pleurisy with effusion, occurring in 9·7%. The general condition of those affected was excellent; only 8% were aware of the fact that pleural lesions were present. The disorder was found mainly in…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
Pleural plaques and neoplasia in Finland
…The authors suggested that slight asbestos exposure causes plaques while heavy exposure leads to plaques and lung fibrosis. They considered the results in accord with the general view of the association between plaques and asbestos exposure.