- Topic: pleural plaques and thickening
- Journal or magazine: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
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2 results for “General Electric”
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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 · 1989
Relationship of mortality, occupation, and pulmonary diffusing capacity to pleural thickening in the First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
…pleural thickening, taking smoking into account. These results suggest that individuals in the general population who have occupational pleural thickening are at risk for some of the health consequences of asbestos work, including lung cancer, even…