449 results for “General Electric”, page 6 of 23
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Medical study · Medical research · 1995
Detection of mineral fibre carcinogenicity with the intraperitoneal test--recent results and their validity
The general experimental design of intraperitoneal (i.p.) carcinogenicity studies with inorganic fibres in rats is described. In a current study, in addition to glass microfibres, size-separated fine respirable fractions of commercial insulation wools (MMVF…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 1998
Union Carbide's Responses to Plaintiff's Interrogatories, Requests for Production and Requests for Admissions in Matthews v. United Brands Co. (1998)
Union Carbide's written general objections and responses to interrogatories, requests for production and requests for admissions in Charles Matthews v. United Brands Co., et al., Circuit Court of Mobile County, Alabama (CV-89-3977). The…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Nature of exposure to chrysotile
Fibres in general, and chrysotile fibres in particular, have properties that set them apart from other airborne particles in terms of their aerodynamic behaviour and the nature of their interactions with cells and fluids in vivo…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1996
Parental cancer and genetic predisposition in malignant pleural mesothelioma: a case-control study
This case-control study at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston, asked whether people with pleural mesothelioma more often had a parent with cancer. The authors compared 39 MGH patients with histologically confirmed pleural mesothelioma, treated from…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Monitoring the presence of asbestos in a residential apartment building
This paper gave a short general overview of asbestos, based on other sources, and a case study of one 12-storey building with 122 apartments in Regina, Saskatchewan, completed in 1972. Sprayed-on material on the…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1999
Squamous cell carcinoma of the colon in an asbestos worker
This case report from Northern General Hospital in Sheffield, UK, described one 66-year-old man with squamous cell carcinoma of the colon at the hepatic flexure. He was known to have pleural plaques caused by…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1998
CT and MR in pleural disease
This article is a narrative review by a radiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital. It describes how computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging are used to examine pleural disease, drawing on published studies. It reports…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1999
Tissue burden of asbestos in nonoccupationally exposed individuals from east Texas
The potential for asbestos exposure among members of the general population is appreciable, considering its widespread use in many products. This study examined tissue burden of asbestos in such a population. A group of 33 individuals…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
The utility of ancillary techniques in effusion cytology
We believe that, in general, immunocytochemical studies when used as a panel are the most helpful of the ancillary techniques in the workup of a difficult effusion cytology case. Routine histochemical stains for mucin should also…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1997
Videothoracoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma with associated pleural effusions
This retrospective review covered 46 patients at Valencia University General Hospital, Spain, diagnosed from 1985 to 1994 with pleural mesothelioma and fluid around the lung (pleural effusion), and examined with a camera inserted into the chest…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
A comparison of asbestos burden in lung parenchyma, lymph nodes, and plaques
…plaques and pleura are not useful for mineral analysis, and they designed the study to test it. Tissue was collected at autopsy at the General Hospital of Monfalcone, Italy, from eight former shipyard workers (seven men…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1998
Asbestos lung burden and asbestosis after occupational and environmental exposure in an asbestos cement manufacturing area: a necropsy study
This necropsy (autopsy) study examined lung tissue from the consecutive autopsies done at the General Hospital of Casale Monferrato, Italy, home to a large asbestos cement factory, from July 1985 to July 1988. Of 55 autopsies…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis of the testis
This case report from the Departments of Surgery and Histopathology at Southend General Hospital, Southend on Sea, England, described malignant mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis of the testis. A 62-year-old man presented with a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 30, 1994
Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Co.'s Objections and Responses to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories and Requests for Production, In re Asbestos Litigation, Bexar County, Texas (1994)
Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Co., Inc. filed general objections and responses to plaintiffs' master interrogatories and requests for production in the Bexar County, Texas asbestos litigation. Most answers state only 'This answer will be provided…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1998
Association between diet and lung cancer location
This study used data from a hospital case-control study to look at 328 patients with newly diagnosed primary lung cancer at Massachusetts General Hospital between December 1992 and August 1996. Almost all had tumors that…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1993
Imaging of the pleura
This article was a review by a radiologist at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver General Hospital. It summarized published research on imaging of pleural disease: fluid around the lung, empyema (infection), focal disease such…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 22, 1996
Egan v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. (1996)
…appeals court affirmed the bench-trial judgment against Owens-Corning Fiberglass (OCF), including the $350,000 general damages award and the set-off ruling, and rejected the plaintiff's request for punitive damages under Ohio law.…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division · January 15, 1998
Perry v. City of New York (1998)
…the widow's motion, ruling she should have been allowed to amend the notice of claim to add a wrongful death cause of action against the City of New York. Under General Municipal Law § 50-e…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · November 29, 1993
Johnstone v. American Oil Co. (1993)
…seaman, died of mesothelioma. He and his wife sued his shipowner employers and asbestos product makers under the Jones Act and general maritime law, and his wife and children later pursued a wrongful death claim. Johnstone…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 30, 1992
Arthur D. Bromberg to Angelo Cifaldi Transmitting Union Carbide's Answers to Middlesex County Form B Standard Interrogatories (1992), with the Answers
…Arthur D. Bromberg to Angelo Cifaldi, re Union Carbide discovery (Nov. 30, 1992) Title, general objections to the interrogatories Answers A.1-A.10, B.1-B.4: corporate headquarters, incorporation, New Jersey operations, officers, business…