5 results for “Reaction Department”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
Asbestos law: victims' rights and industry's reaction
This paper was a review of U.S. law on asbestos-related diseases, not a medical study. The author described two routes to compensation: workers' compensation claims against employers, and product liability lawsuits against manufacturers and…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2008
Mesothelioma and environmental exposure
…Under the microscope, liver tissue was unchanged, and there was a foreign-body type granulomatous reaction with multinucleated giant cells. No signs of mesothelioma were seen in either the exposed or the control groups. The authors…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1965
Asbestos and neoplasia: diffuse mesothelial tumors. Criteria for diagnosis of diffuse mesothelial tumors
…periodic acid-Schiff reaction was nearly always negative. A colleague found hyaluronidase-removable acid mucopolysaccharide in all 17 mesotheliomas examined and in none of 20 adenocarcinomas. However, the author had seen an identical reaction in pleural…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Contributions of experimental asbestosis in sheep to the understanding of asbestosis
…to 5 years. The authors described four tissue reactions to asbestos: no-retention, low-retention, high-retention and intermediate. They suggested that the intermediate reaction might explain non-progressive cases of minimal asbestosis. Exposure dose and…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
Asbestos-associated disease in employees of Devonport Dockyard
…hyaline plaques were unchanged, and 10% overall progressed to pulmonary fibrosis. Acute pleural reactions were seen in 52 cases. Among 410 men with pleural abnormalities there were 75 deaths in 1967-1976, with an excess of…