6 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1985
Combined effect of asbestos and smoking on mortality from lung cancer and mesothelioma in factory workers
…Deaths were tracked to 1980. There was no unexposed comparison group, so lung cancer deaths were compared with numbers expected from death rates in the general population of the region, adjusted for smoking. After this adjustment…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1988
Asbestos associated tumours in car mechanics
…cancer register (1961-79, ages 20 to 69), and compared observed cases with the numbers expected from the general population. One mesothelioma was found in the cancer register and none in the death register. That man…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1993
Mortality from lung cancer in asbestos workers 1955
…was a specific industrial hazard of certain asbestos workers and that the average risk among men employed for 20 or more years has been of the order of 10 times that experienced by the general population…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1955
Mortality from lung cancer in asbestos workers
…was a specific industrial hazard of certain asbestos workers and that the average risk among men employed for 20 or more years has been of the order of 10 times that experienced by the general population…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1986
Asbestos content of lung tissue in asbestos associated diseases: a study of 110 cases
…which are the hallmark of asbestos exposure, were present in the lungs of virtually everyone in the general population and present at increased levels in individuals with asbestos associated diseases. The highest numbers of AB occurred…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1969
Validation of death certificates in asbestos workers
…Validation of death certificates in asbestos workers. The Registrar General has supplied the certified cause of death of 436 past workers in an asbestos factory. An attempt was made to follow up the 301 (69%) deaths…