4 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
Cancer Attributable to Asbestos Exposure in Shipbreaking Workers: A Matched-Cohort Study
…followed 4,427 former shipbreaking workers in Taiwan, members of the 1985 Kaohsiung Shipbreaking Workers Union, and 22,135 general-population controls matched by age, sex and living area. All were linked to the Taiwan Cancer…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
Mortality among shipbreaking workers in Taiwan--a retrospective cohort study from 1985 to 2008
…from 1985 to 2008. The mortality ratios-standardized for age and calendar years-(SMRs) for various causes of deaths were calculated with reference to the general population of Taiwan. Among men workers, a statistically significant increased…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
Cancer incidence of Taiwanese shipbreaking workers who have been potentially exposed to asbestos
…number of cancers for shipbreaking workers was calculated by using the age (5-year intervals) and calendar time-specific annual rates of cancer incidence with reference to the general population of Taiwan from 1985 to 2008…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2018
Clustering of malignant pleural mesothelioma in asbestos factories: a subgroup analysis in a 29-year follow-up study to identify high-risk industries in Taiwan
…of malignant pleural mesothelioma (17 men, 1 woman) in eight factories. Each factory's rate was compared with Taiwan's general-population pleural cancer rate, used as a proxy, of 1.04 per million person-years…