3 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2023
Pleural mesothelioma risk in the construction industry: a case-control study in Italy, 2000-2018
…for blue-collar occupations (1993 cases, OR 4.52), including bricklayers (988 cases, OR 7.05), general construction workers (320 cases, OR 4.66), plumbers and pipe fitters (305 cases, OR 9.13), painters (104 cases…
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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…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Descriptive analysis of the respiratory health status of persons exposed to Libby amphibole asbestos
…Questionnaire total score was 38.5 (0 best, 100 worst), versus 8.41 in a Spanish general-population sample. Ever-smokers scored significantly worse on the questionnaire. The authors noted the cross-sectional design and insensitive…