8 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Surveillance of Australian workplace Based Respiratory Events (SABRE) in New South Wales
…to December 2008). Every 2 months, participating occupational physicians, respiratory physicians and general practitioners (accredited by the NSW WorkCover Authority) reported new cases of occupational lung disease seen in their practices. Data collected include gender, age…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Occupation and work-related ill-health in UK construction workers
…frequencies of reported causal exposures or tasks reported by clinical specialists, occupational physicians and general practitioners. We found significantly increased incidence of WRI compared with other workers in the same major Standard Occupational Classification, i.e…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
Occupational lung disease survey of respiratory physicians in Northern Ireland
Respiratory physicians are likely to encounter occupational lung disease (OLD) in their daily practice. To assess the profile of cases being encountered by general respiratory physicians in Northern Ireland (NI) and determine satisfaction with training, confidence…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Mortality risk among workers with exposure to dioxins
…experience of workers exposed to dioxins during trichlorophenol (TCP) and pentachlorophenol (PCP) production to that of the general population and to examine mortality risk by estimated exposure levels. A retrospective cohort study which followed up workers'…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
Occupational and environmental medicine: moving the factory fence or hedging our bets?
…medicine evolved out of concern for the effect of work hazards on health. The experienced gained in considering such hazards has been extended to understanding general risks in the environment. As we look toward the future…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2005
A cancer incidence and mortality study of Dow Chemical Canada Inc. manufacturing sites
…cancer incidence risk among chemical manufacturing sites. We followed 5277 men and 1301 women from 1950 to 1999. Employees experienced lower mortality and cancer incidence rates than the general population for several major causes of death…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Medically reported work-related ill-health in the UK agricultural sector
…of WRI within the UK from 2002 to 2008, as reported to The Health and Occupation Reporting (THOR) network by occupational physicians, clinical specialists and general practitioners, were analysed. Directly standardized incidence rate ratios (SRRs) for…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2008
Feasibility of a screening programme for lung cancer in former asbestos workers
…Incidence rate was 149 per 10(5), equal to that in the male general population of similar age. The expenses for diagnosis were 1014 and 244962 Euro per screened subject and screen-detected lung cancer case…