74 results for “General Electric”, page 3 of 4
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Pleural malignant mesothelioma in Tuscany, Italy (1970-1988): I. Anatomo-pathologic aspects
Our investigation did not confirm the general experience that significant numbers of cases initially considered malignant mesothelioma or metastatic carcinoma are actually found to be metastatic carcinoma or malignant mesothelioma, respectively, upon deeper investigation using ancillary…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Use of death certificates in epidemiological studies, including occupational hazards: variations in discordance of different asbestos-associated diseases on best evidence ascertainment
There is extensive information on discordance in general between accuracy of medical diagnoses on death certificate categorization of cause of death and available clinical and histopathological data. This is as true for occupational disease as for…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1996
Asbestos exposure and ovarian fiber burden
Epidemiologic studies suggest increased risk of epithelial ovarian cancer in female asbestos workers and increased risk of malignancy in general in household contacts of asbestos workers. Ovaries were studied from 13 women with household contact with…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
Asbestos content in the lymph nodes of nonoccupationally exposed individuals
…However, no information exists as to asbestos content in lymph nodes from the general population. The study cohort consisted of 21 individuals previously defined as nonoccupationally exposed to asbestos. Tissue burden of asbestos obtained from lung…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
A decade of malignant mesothelioma surveillance in Korea
…cases in Korea. In 2001, The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency organized a nationwide cardiopulmonary pathology group and established a malignant mesothelioma surveillance system covering all general hospitals in Korea. Mesothelioma cases were reported to…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
A clinical evaluation and tissue fiber burden analysis of a lifetime resident of Libby, Montana with adenocarcinoma of the lung
…lifelong resident of Libby and whose history of exposure was as a member of the general population there. To our knowledge this is the first time tissue from a member of the general population of Libby…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Airways obstruction among older construction and trade workers at Department of Energy nuclear sites
…Risk for COPD in the study population was compared to risk for COPD in the general US population as determined in National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III). The age-standardized prevalence ratio of COPD…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Malignant mesothelioma incidence among talc miners and millers in New York State
…7) times the rate in the general population (P < 0.01). I conclude that: (1) mesothelioma has been diagnosed among members of the cohort at a rate in excess of that in the general population…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1984
Decreased lung function in long-term asbestos cement workers: a cross-sectional study
…The primary type of asbestos used was chrysotile and the general dust level in the two decades 1950-1970 seems to have been around 10 mg/m3 while the asbestos fiber concentration averaged 2 fibers/ml…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2009
Transfer of occupational health problems from a developed to a developing country: lessons from the Japan-South Korea experience
…labor costs are high in these countries, and there is increasing awareness among the general public of the health risks associated with industry. The relocation of hazardous industries to developing countries is driven by economic considerations…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1998
Lung cancer risk and welding: results from a case-control study in Germany
…In contrast, a history of welding in general for at least a half-year is 28% among cases and 23% among controls, yielding an OR of 1.25 (95% CL: 0.94-1.65) after adjustment…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1996
Cancer risks among iron and steel workers in Anshan, China, Part I: Proportional mortality ratio analysis
…to provide clues to occupational risk factors. Accidents and cancer accounted for a higher proportion of deaths among the iron-steel workers than among the general male population (SPMR = 1.21; 95% CI = 1…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2005
Pulmonary abnormalities associated with occupational exposures at the Savannah River Site
…construction (OR = 2.76); asbestos exposure was clearly associated with pleural abnormality (OR = 2.15). Pulmonary abnormalities were higher in former SRS workers than that in general population. Asbestos and possibly other exposures were…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1986
The in vitro cytotoxicity of asbestos fibers: I. P388D1 cells
…lactate dehydrogenase, and glucosaminidase levels were determined. In general, there was a close association between the reduction in cellular viability and the loss of intracellular enzymes induced by each dust, the chrysotile asbestos samples proving more…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1983
Proportionate mortality among US shoeworkers, 1966-1977
…None of the shoeworker deaths were attributed to nasal cancer, whereas 2.2 were expected on the basis of general population data. Mortality from leukemia and cancer of the urinary bladder was not unusual in either…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Parenchymal and pleural fibrosis in construction workers
…male population from another investigation indicates that the frequency of lung fibrosis (ILO greater than or equal to 1/1) is at least two times higher among the examined construction workers than among the general population…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1997
Smoking intervention in subjects at risk of asbestos-related lung cancer
…and for a shorter period, than had the continuing smokers. Counseling by a general physician increased successful quitting threefold, compared to counseling by a physician in a specialized institution. These results suggest a potential for smoking…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1993
Asbestos fiber type in malignant mesothelioma: an analytical scanning electron microscopic study of 94 cases
…in length. Nonasbestos mineral fibers (commonly found in the lungs of the general population) were observed in 71% of the cases and accounted for 25% of all fibers 5 microns or greater in length. The findings…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Absence of radiographic asbestosis and the risk of lung cancer among asbestos-cement workers: Extended follow-up of a cohort
…Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMRs) were calculated using the general population of Ontario as reference. Among asbestos-cement workers without radiographic asbestosis at 20 years latency the lung cancer SMR was 3.84 (2.24-6.14…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1987
Cause-specific mortality among male chemical workers
…the cohort members, and death certificates were obtained for 97.1% of the 7,751 decedents. Comparisons of observed mortality with expected levels based on any of three general population groups (US, Michigan, or seven local…