655 results for “General Electric”, page 11 of 33
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Medical study · Medical research · 2003
Mortality and cancer morbidity in a cohort of Canadian petroleum workers
…1964 and 1994 and worked at least one year. Their records were linked to national death and cancer registry data and compared with the general Canadian population. The authors also estimated exposure to hydrocarbon solvents/fuels…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
Updated mortality among diverse operating segments of a petroleum company
…in the earlier study. Analyses used standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) to compare worker cause specific mortality with the Canadian general population. Duration of employment and latency analyses were performed for causes previously found to be increased…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Pathological recognition of diffuse malignant mesothelioma of the pleura: the significance of the historical perspective as regards this signal tumor
…but we do know that there were so few cases before 1930 that the very existence of the disease was not accepted in general before 1930 and not accepted by all pathologists even up until 1960…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2005
Collegium Ramazzini statement on the Tokyo Declaration banning asbestos
…short editorial, not a research study. It was written by the President and Secretary General of the Collegium Ramazzini and published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine. It reported that in November 2004, participants in…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Update of a prospective study of mortality and cancer incidence in the Australian petroleum industry
…to 31 December 1996, comparing their deaths and cancers with national rates. Men's overall death rate was below the general population's (SMR 0.68, 95% CI 0.63 to 0.73). Their overall cancer…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2008
Malignant mesothelioma 2008
…been studied in recent trials for its effects on disease free and overall survival This review provides a general overview of malignant mesothelioma with a summary of the most significant articles from within the past year…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
Workplace exposures and oesophageal cancer
…between 1979 and 1985. It compared 99 men with oesophageal cancer (63 with squamous cell carcinoma) with 1,066 controls: 533 men from the general population and 533 men with other cancers. Chemists and industrial hygienists…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
Re: Call for an International Ban on Asbestos
…not a research study. The author, Secretary General of the Collegium Ramazzini, supported the Collegium's Call for an International Ban on Asbestos. The author stated that asbestos harm is proven but underestimated in the scientific…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2007
Clinical trials of vitamin and mineral supplements for cancer prevention
…scale trials of multivitamin supplements (combinations of > or = 2 vitamins and minerals) to prevent cancer have been mixed. The Linxian General Population and Dysplasia trials found a decreased risk of cancer, particularly stomach cancer…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2009
Hospitalization in Winnipeg, Canada due to occupational disease: a pilot study
…For 4.4% (13/297) of male admissions to the general medical wards from the emergency room occupational factors may have played a role in the development of medical conditions which led to admission or to…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2002
Asbestos-related disease
This 2002 article by three doctors at Prince Philip Hospital, Llanelli, was a narrative review written for hospital doctors and general practitioners. It reported no new data. It summarised existing knowledge about asbestos-related disease, citing…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · June 27, 2005
DeMeyer v. DaimlerChrysler Corp. (Matter of Asbestos Litig, 2005)
…York applies the Frye general acceptance standard rather than Daubert; once the challenger makes a prima facie showing that an expert's methodology is not generally accepted, the proponent must prove general acceptance by a fair…
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Court case · West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals · March 12, 2009
Ratliff v. Norfolk Southern Ry. Co. (2009)
…In 1986 he took a voluntary separation program, accepted $35,000 and signed a general release of all claims arising from his employment. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in April 2005 and died in July 2005…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · July 31, 2003
Brown & Root, Inc. v. Shelton (2003)
…with mesothelioma in 1999. He and his wife sued Brown & Root and fourteen other defendants. Brown & Root had been the general contractor on plant renovations and additions from 1969 to 1971, using asbestos-containing fireproofing, insulation…
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Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · September 6, 2006
Fernandez v. Union Carbide Corp. (2006)
…raising evidence issues. At trial, medical records from his general physician's chart surfaced that neither side had seen before, including a pulmonologist's report. The trial court admitted that report but excluded handwritten notes of…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 2, 2008
Rando v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2008)
…cut and sawed insulation, and dust fell on him. The judge awarded $2.8 million in general damages and $402,000 in special damages. He divided fault into equal shares among eight wrongdoers, so each of…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · March 14, 2001
Hoffman v. AC&S, Inc. (2001)
…site at some unspecified time during the 1960s is insufficient. An expert's general opinion that workers were exposed to asbestos products does not supply the missing link to a particular defendant. Product Identification; Expert Testimony…
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · December 5, 2008
In re Global Sante FE Corporation (2008)
…Act does not preempt Chapter 90's expert-report requirements or its MDL pretrial consolidation, which are procedural and general in nature, but it does preempt the minimal-impairment requirement for silicosis claims and any higher…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 28, 2003
Kemp v. Armstrong World Industries (2003)
…tort law to apply must show with factual support that significant exposures before September 1988 later caused the disease. A history of heavy smoking and general medical opinions are not enough. Causation worker in chemical plants
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Court case · Delaware Superior Court · December 22, 2006
Hudson v. Delmarva Power & Light Co. (In re Asbestos Litigation Hudson Trial Group, 2006)
…for hazards faced by an independent contractor's employee unless it actively controlled the manner and method of the work, and general superintendence is not enough. DP&L did not actively control the work at Edgemoor…