3 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1974
Pathological and environmental aspects of asbestos-associated diseases
…It summarised other researchers' work. Doll (1955) reported that asbestos workers had a lung cancer death rate ten times that of the general population. Selikoff and colleagues (1968) reported that asbestos insulation workers who smoked regularly…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1974
Lung disease related to exposure to asbestos
…suggestive, and four to five as conclusive. Lung cancer was described as about ten times more frequent in asbestos workers than in the general population. Mesothelioma was described as following exposure as short as 3 months…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Insurance, reinsurance and underwriting names' liability for asbestos-related diseases
…cited earlier work by Hammond (1966), which reported a lung cancer risk 53 times the general population's level for people with both persistent asbestos exposure and smoking. It then described US court rulings and litigation…