3 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1999
Maintenance work and asbestos-related cancers in the refinery and petrochemical sector
…are at increased risk of lung cancer. The author noted that refinery and petrochemical workers overall have lower lung cancer rates than the general population, with one review reporting lung cancer mortality at 77% of the…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1999
Maintenance work and asbestos-related cancers in the refinery and petrochemical sector
…ratios (SMRs, which compare observed deaths with those expected in the general population) were below 100. The author noted that refinery workers as a group have had lower lung cancer risk than the general population, so…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1997
Radiographic asbestosis is not a prerequisite for asbestos-associated lung cancer in Ontario asbestos-cement workers
…hired before 1960 who had at least one chest X-ray available. Deaths were tracked to the end of 1985 and compared with the general population of Ontario. A single certified reader classified the X-rays…