427 results for “General Electric”, page 9 of 22
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Medical study · Medical research · 1985
Computed tomography of localized pleural mesothelioma
…form. The scans were done before surgery during 1982 and 1983, and the authors worked in radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The patients were five men and one woman aged 51 to 68. Two…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1983
Update on asbestos in schools
…and that deteriorating surfaces were releasing fibers into the air. They cited a 1982 General Accounting Office report finding no assurance that school occupants were adequately protected. They gave two reasons: the 1980 school asbestos law…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1981
Asbestos-related diseases in the Federal Republic of Germany
…and 85 (78 men, seven women) had died. Compared with the age- and sex-specific pattern of deaths in the general population, the share of deaths from lung cancer (17 cases, standardized proportional mortality ratio 3…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1986
Malignant pleural mesothelioma five years after domestic exposure to blue asbestos
…average 35-40 years). The man presented with a 1-year history of weight loss, with 6 months of night sweats and general malaise. His erythrocyte sedimentation rate was 128 mm/h. Chest X-ray and…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1984
Mortality among employees of an Ontario asbestos-cement factory
…cancers, and 17 deaths from mesothelioma; the factory control subjects had mortality rates similar to the general population. The cell-type distribution of the lung cancers was similar to that occurring in middle-aged smokers. Cumulative…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1987
Asbestos examinations for construction workers
…Construction workers had to be exposed above the action level (0.1 f/cc) for 30 or more days per year to get a free exam, unlike general industry workers. They had no x-ray schedule…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1985
The silent epidemic: asbestosis and related diseases
…20% to 50% of asbestosis patients. It stated that asbestos workers who smoke have a 10 times greater chance of developing lung cancer than smokers in the general population, and a 75 to 100 times greater…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1988
Adenomatoid tumors in the tunica albuginea of the testis
…type. When he was seen 27 years after surgery, he had a normal testis and excellent general health. The author regarded the tumor as benign and stated that its mesothelial origin was clear to the author…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1983
Asbestos exposure correlates with alterations in circulating T cell subsets
…asbestos exposure. The two groups were matched for age, sex and smoking. All were evaluated at Massachusetts General Hospital. The article did not name a fiber type. The authors counted subsets of T cells, a kind…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1986
Malignant mesothelioma caused by childhood exposure to long-fiber low aspect ratio tremolite
…his later work. The authors dissolved lung tissue and examined the recovered fibers by electron microscope. His chrysotile level was within the general population's range. His tremolite and actinolite level was slightly elevated, but far…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1985
Metallic elements in crude and milled chrysotile asbestos from Quebec
…present at very low levels, and calcium was not detected in crude fibers. Milled fibers showed a general increase in all metals, by factors from 1.3 to more than 15. Chromium and nickel were many…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1982
Visibility of fine fibres of asbestos during routine electron microscopical analysis
…to the visibility of fine, sub-micrometre fibres. The results indicate that, in general, at a given magnification finer fibres are visible when using TEM than when using SEM. When using SEM, fibre visibility is improved…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1982
Mortality of brain tumors among asbestos insulation workers in the United States and Canada
…brain tumors in this cohort, somewhat more than were anticipated (18.0 such deaths were expected based on U.S. general population data, and 20.5 if smoking was taken into account). The excess was not…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1984
Fiber size and number in amphibole asbestos-induced mesothelioma
…of crocidolite fibers, 0.2 X 10(6)/g; these values represent an approximately 250-fold increase over those found in the general population. Crocidolite fibers were significantly narrower than amosite fibers (mean width, 0.13…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1988
Malignant pleural mesothelioma treatment: the current state of the art
…directly into the chest cavity. The authors wrote that prognosis was influenced more by known prognostic factors, such as a patient's general fitness and stage of disease, than by treatment. In their reading of the…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1983
Current issues in the pathologic and mineralogic diagnosis of asbestos-induced disease
…as the main problem. The author wrote that a million chrysotile fibers per gram of dry lung fit general-population background levels. A million amosite or crocidolite fibers per gram almost certainly indicated substantial occupational exposure…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1982
Pulmonary asbestos body counts and electron probe analysis of asbestos body cores in patients with mesothelioma: a study of 25 cases
…fiberglass fibers. The malignant mesothelioma patients had asbestos body counts intermediate between those of the general population and those of patients with asbestosis, although some of the mesothelioma cases overlapped with the general population. These latter…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1985
The role of analytical techniques in the diagnosis of asbestos-associated disease
…mesothelioma patients as a group had a greatly increased lung asbestos burden, but a sizeable number had fiber counts within the general-population range. The authors concluded that microanalysis can aid diagnosis by providing exposure information…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1989
Mortality among employees of an Ontario factory manufacturing insulation materials from amosite asbestos
…from chest X-ray surveillance records. The list was matched to national death records, and deaths were compared with Ontario's general male population. Among workers classed as asbestos-exposed, 12 died 10 or more years…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1987
Adenomatoid hyperplasia of mucous salivary glands. Report of two cases
…lesion in the right soft palate with recurrent swelling and discomfort that got worse with swallowing and chewing. It was removed under general anesthesia. The specimen measured 0.9 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm…