6 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2005
Cancer of the gastrointestinal tract and exposure to asbestos in drinking water among lighthouse keepers (Norway)
…The standardized incidence ratio (SIR) was calculated as the number of new cancer cases divided by the expected number based on five-year age and sex specific incidence rates in the general rural population of Norway…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2003
Cancer incidence among marine engineers, a population-based study (Iceland)
…8) were observed when a 40-year lag time was applied. The engineers' smoking habits were similar to those in a sample of the general population. The predictive value for lung cancer was 1.03. The…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
Parental occupational exposure and risk of childhood central nervous system tumors: a pooled analysis of case-control studies from Germany, France, and the UK
…face-to-face or by telephone. A general population job-exposure matrix was used to assign a level of exposure to each job. Logistic regression models were fitted to compute odds ratios and 95 % confidence intervals…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1997
Drinking water and cancer
…water. The author also noted suggested elevations of gastric, kidney and pancreas cancers that warranted further investigation. The author named small relative risks and the difficulty of estimating past exposures as general problems in this research.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2003
Pleural mesothelioma incidence in Europe: evidence of some deceleration in the increasing trends
To summarize the geographical and temporal variations in incidence of pleural mesothelioma in Europe, using the extensive data available from European general cancer registries, and consider these in light of recent trends in asbestos extraction, use…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2009
Ionizing radiation: a risk factor for mesothelioma
…but not all, epidemiology studies (particularly those of Thorotrast- and radiation-treated patients). Given the low mesothelioma rate in the general population, the consistently increased risk among these radiation-exposed individuals is noteworthy. Many studies were…