449 results for “General Electric”, page 16 of 23
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Mortality studies of machining fluid exposure in the automobile industry. III: A case-control study of larynx cancer
…This is the first study, however, to distinguish straight mineral oils from other types of MF. Based on these findings, a general reduction in concentrations of straight mineral oil particulate in occupational environments would be prudent.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Asbestos and colon cancer: lack of association in a large case-control study
…frequency or duration of exposure increased. This study suggests not only that occupational exposure to asbestos is not a risk factor for colon cancer in the general population of Los Angeles, but also that observed associations…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1998
The potential role of antioxidant vitamins in preventing cardiovascular diseases and cancers
…can provide conclusive answers. The apparent discrepancies between the results of four recently published trials may be explained by the type of population (general or high-risk subjects), the differing doses of supplementation (nutritional levels or…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1996
Mortality among maintenance employees potentially exposed to asbestos in a refinery and petrochemical plant
…more since first potential exposure. In contrast to asbestos industry worker studies, mortality for lung cancer was substantially lower than the general population (SMR = 81; 95% CI = 63-103). The observed number of deaths…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1998
Cancer mortality in relation to monitoring for radionuclide exposure in three UK nuclear industry workforces
…national average (SMR = 86, 418 deaths; 2P = 0.002) but prostatic cancer mortality was raised both in relation to death rates in the general population (SMR = 153, 37 deaths; 2P = 0.02…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Spirometric impairments in long-term insulators. Relationships to duration of exposure, smoking, and radiographic abnormalities
…and reduced FEV1/FVC are both more frequent in insulators who have smoked (compared with NS insulators or smokers in the general population) suggests an interaction between asbestos and smoking in producing both these physiologic abnormalities.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Human mesothelioma cells and asbestos-exposed mesothelial cells are selectively resistant to amosite toxicity: a possible mechanism for tumor promotion by asbestos
…cells that were only immortalized by SV40. The sensitivity of normal mesothelial cells to asbestos does not appear to be simply a result of general fragility of the mesothelial cells, since similar levels of hydrogen peroxide…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Three types of human lung tumour cell lines can be distinguished according to surface expression of endogenous urokinase and their capacity to bind exogenous urokinase
…u-PA. Large cell carcinoma cell lines expressed high amounts of u-PA and bound large amounts of u-PA. In general, expression of u-PA and u-PA binding was enhanced after PMA treatment. (ii…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1995
Proportionate mortality among construction laborers
…of time within the union, were younger, and first entered the union after 1955. This is the first study that has examined the general mortality experience limited to construction laborers only (Bureau of Census code 869).
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Medical study · Medical research · 1993
Asbestos exposure among Finnish lung cancer patients: occupational history and fiber concentration in lung tissue
…construction jobs, and valuable information about the exposure levels could be obtained by the mineral fiber analyses. In general, there was a good accord between the exposure categorization and the fiber burden measured in the lung.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1999
Modulation of genotoxic and related effects by carotenoids and vitamin A in experimental models: mechanistic issues
…In spite of some discrepant data, the general trend was that both carotenoids and vitamin A are poorly effective in acting as nucleophiles, nor do they appear to substantially interfere with the induction or repair of…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Cell toxicity, hemolytic action and clastogenic activity of asbestos and its substitutes
…grade of crystallinity and/or fiber size. These effects of calcium silicates and some clay minerals were generally low but varied with mineral species. In general, the cell toxicity, hemolytic and clastogenic activities of the asbestos…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1997
Asbestos, Simian virus 40 and malignant mesothelioma
…confirmation but raised the possibility that SV40 is an important cofactor. If about 5% of the general population and 60% of patients with mesothelioma carried the virus, this would suggest an approximately 30-fold increased risk…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · April 1, 1996 · in the opinion
Buckley v. Metro-North Commuter RR (1996)
…that because of his fear and anger, he complained first to his supervisors and then to the Metropolitan Transit Authority Inspector General ("I.G.") about the asbestos in the tunnels. The district court said Buckley failed…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · December 22, 1994 · in the opinion
Goss v. American Cyanamid Co. (1994)
…as a salesperson to the American Cyanamid plant that there should be an inference raised that he sold them asbestos containing products inasmuch as they were available to customers of Madsen & Howell in a general sense…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas · July 7, 1993 · in the opinion
Behrendt v. GAF Corp. (1993)
…fishing, woodworking. Mr. Behrendt's pain symptoms eventually led to a diagnosis of mesothelioma in December 1990. He was taken to the Emergency Room at Community General Osteopathic Hospital, Harrisburg, on December 23, 1990 with a…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · August 13, 1993 · in the opinion
Kurrack v. American Dist. Telegraph Co. (1993)
…asbestos paper was, in fact, the relevant product. Furthermore, as plaintiff correctly notes, interrogatories are properly given when they can serve as a check on the general verdict. (Saldana v. Wirtz Cartage Co. (1977), 55 Ill…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · August 22, 1991 · in the opinion
Lilley v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1991)
…asbestosis sufferers in general and specifically by a person with Mr. Lilley's type of symptoms. Id. at 41-46. Dr. Altschuler offered no testimony regarding Mr. Lilley's psychological profile nor the general psychological characteristics…
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Court case · Virginia Supreme Court · January 10, 1992 · in the opinion
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Watson (1992)
…omitted). See also Ford Motor Co. v. Phelps, 239 Va. 272, 276, 389 S.E.2d 454, 457 (1990); General Motors Corp. v. Lupica, 237 Va. 516, 521, 379 S.E.2d 311, 314 (1989). Additionally…
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Court case · New Jersey Supreme Court · March 25, 1991 · in the opinion
Landrigan v. Celotex Corp. (1991)
…that in toxic-tort litigation, a scientific theory of causation that has not yet reached general acceptance may be found to be sufficiently reliable if it is based on a sound, adequately-founded scientific methodology involving…