8 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1975
Proceedings: Asbestos carcinogenesis
This summary of a talk at the 16th Annual General Meeting of the British Association for Cancer Research reviewed cancers in people exposed to asbestos dust and whether they were linked to specific fibre types. Lung…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Factors affecting the mesothelioma detection rate within national and international epidemiological studies: insights from Scottish linked cancer registry-mortality data
…up 4% to 7% of these deaths. The General Register Office for Scotland reported that these codes were mainly used for mesothelioma when asbestos exposure was mentioned. The authors concluded that counting these poisoning codes may…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Prognosis and prognostic factors of patients with mesothelioma: a population-based study
…more than 2 years, and less than 15% were alive at 3 years, against 90% of people of similar age and gender in the general Dutch population. After adjusting for other factors, worse survival was associated…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Occupational cancer burden in Great Britain
…A brief summary of the methods and an overview of the updated overall results are given in this introductory paper. A general discussion of the overall strengths and limitations of the study is also presented. Overall…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Occupational exposure to dusts and risk of renal cell carcinoma
…multi-center, hospital-based renal case-control study. General occupational histories and job-specific questionnaires were reviewed by occupational hygienists for subject-specific information. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) between RCC risk…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
Multicentric study on malignant pleural mesothelioma and non-occupational exposure to asbestos
…A dose-response pattern appeared with intensity of both sources of exposure. It is suggested that low-dose exposure to asbestos at home or in the general environment carries a measurable risk of malignant pleural mesothelioma.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1998
Cancer mortality in relation to monitoring for radionuclide exposure in three UK nuclear industry workforces
…national average (SMR = 86, 418 deaths; 2P = 0.002) but prostatic cancer mortality was raised both in relation to death rates in the general population (SMR = 153, 37 deaths; 2P = 0.02…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Three types of human lung tumour cell lines can be distinguished according to surface expression of endogenous urokinase and their capacity to bind exogenous urokinase
…u-PA. Large cell carcinoma cell lines expressed high amounts of u-PA and bound large amounts of u-PA. In general, expression of u-PA and u-PA binding was enhanced after PMA treatment. (ii…