3 results for “General Electric”
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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 · 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 · 1983
Mortality among long-term employees of an Ontario asbestos-cement factory
…or who had been otherwise minimally exposed to asbestos, had mortality rates similar to those of the general Ontario population, while the group of asbestos-exposed employees had all-cause mortality rates double those of the…