3 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Cancer incidence among Australian nuclear industry workers
This retrospective cohort study compared cancer rates among workers at the Lucas Heights Science and Technology Centre with rates in the general New South Wales (NSW) population. Of 7,076 workers employed 1957 to 1998, the…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2018
Potential asbestos exposure among patients with primary lung cancer in Japan
…for workers, the study subjects may contain a higher proportion of workers than the general population. Pleural plaques were identified in 12.8% of subjects (15.8% in males and 4.9% in females), consisting exclusively…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Emphysema findings associated with heavy asbestos-exposure in high resolution computed tomography of finnish construction workers
…exposure duration, age, pack years and asbestosis diagnosis were analyzed in general linear models for possible associations with emphysema. The inter- (quadratic weighted kappa, kappa(qw)=0.46-0.72) and intraobserver (kappa(qw)=0.78…