4 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2017
A Bayesian Model and Stochastic Exposure (Dose) Estimation for Relative Exposure Risk Comparison Involving Asbestos-Containing Dropped Ceiling Panel Installation and Maintenance Tasks
…study measured airborne fibers while workers simulated tasks with asbestos-containing ceiling panels. The authors then used statistical models to estimate exposures for ceiling specialists, general tradesmen, maintenance workers, do-it-yourself persons such as homeowners…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
Evaluation of take-home exposure and risk associated with the handling of clothing contaminated with chrysotile asbestos
…weekly). These averages assumed zero asbestos outside the 30 to 45 minutes of each activity. PCM, a general fiber count, read 2 to 50 times higher than TEM, which the authors attributed largely to clothing fibers…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2007
Some limitations of aggregate exposure metrics
…We show that, in general, aggregate exposure information alone may be inherently unable to guide rational risk-management decisions when the components of the mixture differ significantly in potency and when the percentage compositions of the…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Human health risks associated with asbestos abatement
…to teachers and students in school buildings containing asbestos were approximately the same as risks associated with exposure to ambient asbestos by the general public and were below the levels typically of concern to regulatory agencies…