5 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1965
Asbestosis and primary intrathoracic neoplasms
This paper from Britain's Factory Inspectorate analyzed death certificates recording asbestosis. Registrars General for England and Wales and for Scotland supplied the certificates routinely. It also briefly reviewed early reports linking asbestosis with lung cancer…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Absence of evidence for a significant background incidence of diffuse malignant mesothelioma apart from asbestos exposure
…1940s. One must conclude that the background level of diffuse malignant mesothelioma in Europe and in the United States prior to 1930 was extremely low. No case was detected at the Massachusetts General Hospital until 1946.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2002
Asbestos fibers contributing to the induction of human malignant mesothelioma
…tissue were chrysotile fibers. 5. The average number of asbestos fibers in both lung and mesothelial tissues was two orders of magnitude greater than the number found in the general population. 6. The majority of asbestos…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
Dose-response relationships for asbestos-related disease: implications for hygiene standards. Part II. Mortality
…first exposure and duration were shown, with gastrointestinal cancer and asbestosis set aside. The author concluded that occupational exposure must be rigorously monitored, but that risk to the general population is likely to be extremely low.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
Pleural plaques and neoplasia in Finland
…The authors suggested that slight asbestos exposure causes plaques while heavy exposure leads to plaques and lung fibrosis. They considered the results in accord with the general view of the association between plaques and asbestos exposure.