4 results for “General Electric”
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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 · 1985
Kinetics of deposition and clearance of inhaled mineral dusts during chronic exposure
…Nevertheless, the general pattern exhibited by our results for asbestos is markedly similar to that found elsewhere for rats inhaling diesel fume, leading to the suggestion that it is general (and not specific to fibrous dust)…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1986
Mortality experience of amosite asbestos factory workers: dose-response relationships 5 to 40 years after onset of short-term work exposure
…job that the worker had in the factory. Whichever measure of dosage is used, it was found that, in general, the lower the dose, the longer it took for adverse mortality to become evident and, also…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1985
Effects of asbestos on the random migration of rabbit alveolar macrophages
…indicates that fibers can be toxic for AM through extracellular membrane contact. In general the results from the viability studies paralleled the migration inhibition observations. None of the asbestos preparations induced a burst in the hexose…