449 results for “General Electric”, page 13 of 23
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Court case · Missouri Supreme Court · September 10, 1991
Hagen v. Celotex Corp. (1991)
…A plaintiff must show through expert testimony that each defendant's product was a substantial factor in causing the harm. Evidence showing only asbestos exposure in general, or that a defendant's product may have contributed…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 30, 1992
Arthur D. Bromberg to Angelo Cifaldi Transmitting Union Carbide's Responses to Middlesex County Form B Standard Interrogatories (1992)
…and Plastics Company, Inc.'s Responses to Middlesex County Form B Standard Interrogatories, with general objections and answers to interrogatories A.1-C.21 (pages 41-61 not sent) Signature block of Edward J. Wilbraham, Wilbraham …
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Medical study · Medical research · 1997
Dose-response relationship of fibrous dusts in intraperitoneal studies
…90%, the hypothesis of a common slope of dose-response relationships (parallel probit lines in probit analysis) cannot be rejected. In general, parallelism of probit lines is considered an indication of a common mode of action…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Pleural mesothelioma and exposure to asbestos: evaluation from work histories and analysis of asbestos bodies in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid or lung tissue in 131 patients
…to asbestos, a large group of subjects seemed to have a history of exposure or lung retention of asbestos bodies suggestive of very low levels of cumulative exposure, similar to those described in the general population.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1996
Mechanisms of carcinogenesis and clinical features of asbestos-associated cancers
…In this article, the general properties of asbestos fibers will be discussed with an emphasis on chemical and physical features implicated in tumorigenesis. We will then provide a brief overview of the clinical features and treatment…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1998
Colon cancers and peritoneal mesothelioma occurring 29 years after abdominal radiation for testicular seminoma. A case report and review of the literature
…cancers and a peritoneal mesothelioma. Both types of cancer are independently reported in the literature to be more frequent in patients with a history of abdominal radiation than in the general population. To our knowledge there…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Mineral fiber content of lung tissue in patients with environmental exposures: household contacts vs. building occupants
…occupationally exposed individuals. In contrast, our studies of four occupants of buildings with asbestos-containing materials indicate that these individuals often have pulmonary asbestos burdens indistinguishable from the general nonoccupationally exposed population. However, one such building…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Human health risks associated with asbestos abatement
…to teachers and students in school buildings containing asbestos were approximately the same as risks associated with exposure to ambient asbestos by the general public and were below the levels typically of concern to regulatory agencies…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Asbestos hazard evaluation in South Korean textile production
…practices, and the results of personal asbestos dust monitoring at five representative textile production workstations. In general, manufacturers and regulatory agencies have not taken the precautions necessary to adequately protect employee health and meet international standards…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1998
Lung cancer risk and welding: results from a case-control study in Germany
…In contrast, a history of welding in general for at least a half-year is 28% among cases and 23% among controls, yielding an OR of 1.25 (95% CL: 0.94-1.65) after adjustment…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Carcinogenesis and related cell and tissue responses to asbestos: a review
…of lung cancer. Several caveats important in the interpretation of these data include the general lack of dose-response protocols both for in vivo and for in vitro studies as well as the absence, in many…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1996
Cancer risks among iron and steel workers in Anshan, China, Part I: Proportional mortality ratio analysis
…to provide clues to occupational risk factors. Accidents and cancer accounted for a higher proportion of deaths among the iron-steel workers than among the general male population (SPMR = 1.21; 95% CI = 1…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1996
A study of personal and area airborne asbestos concentrations during asbestos abatement: a statistical evaluation of fibre concentration data
…mastic with traditional methods, and mastic removal with a high-efficiency particulate air filter blast track (shot-blast) machine. In general, abatement of boiler and pipe insulation produces the highest airborne fibre levels, while abatement of…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1990
Cancer mortality and exposure to crocidolite
…a further 800 f/ml shorter than 5 µm. Samples from the general area outside the plant showed up to 2 f/ml longer than 5 µm. Rogers noted that de Klerk et al had applied…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Parenchymal and pleural fibrosis in construction workers
…male population from another investigation indicates that the frequency of lung fibrosis (ILO greater than or equal to 1/1) is at least two times higher among the examined construction workers than among the general population…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1997
Smoking intervention in subjects at risk of asbestos-related lung cancer
…and for a shorter period, than had the continuing smokers. Counseling by a general physician increased successful quitting threefold, compared to counseling by a physician in a specialized institution. These results suggest a potential for smoking…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1993
Retrospective assessment of asbestos exposure--I. Case-control analysis in a study of lung cancer: efficiency of job-specific questionnaires and job exposure matrices
…the assessment obtained by the application of two job exposure matrices (JEM) to the job history. The study includes 391 incident male cases and the same number of controls from the general population, matched by sex…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1996
Gene therapy approaches for inherited and acquired lung diseases
…lung cancer, and malignant mesothelioma. This review will examine some general concepts regarding gene transfer and gene therapy, provide an overview of the current vectors being developed to achieve safe and efficient gene transfer, and summarize…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1993
Asbestos fiber type in malignant mesothelioma: an analytical scanning electron microscopic study of 94 cases
…in length. Nonasbestos mineral fibers (commonly found in the lungs of the general population) were observed in 71% of the cases and accounted for 25% of all fibers 5 microns or greater in length. The findings…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1997
Quantifying health effects from the combined action of low-level radiation and other environmental agents: can new approaches solve the enigma?
…high to low-dose levels should be based on dose-effect relationships of the relevant agents alone and in combination. In general this information is not available. The existing data base on combined effects is rudimentary…