5 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1978
Asbestos exposure and related neoplasia. The 28 year experience of a major urban hospital
This was a retrospective review of hospital records for all 49 patients diagnosed with asbestosis at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston from 1945 through 1972. Asbestosis was confirmed by tissue examination in 36 patients and diagnosed…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1986
Interaction of asbestos, age, and cigarette smoking in producing radiographic evidence of diffuse pulmonary fibrosis
…populations with different levels of exposure to asbestos and with different cigarette smoking histories shows that smoking in the general population does not produce pulmonary fibrosis recognizable on chest radiography. In the general population of Michigan…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
Fever, hepatic lesions and ascites
…diagnosis of peritoneal mesothelioma. The Missouri State Geologist told a discussant there was no asbestos in the quarry where the patient had worked. When asked in general terms, the patient denied asbestos exposure. Only specific questions…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
Asbestos-associated neoplasms of B cell lineage
…combined incidence of these two cancers was 7.7 per cent. The authors said this appeared much greater than in the general South African population, but that the number of patients was too small for epidemiologic…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1967
Asbestosis and neoplasia
…consecutive deaths among insulation workers (1943-1966), 17 (about 5%) were due to mesothelioma, against about 1 in 10,000 deaths in the general population. In Dresden, lung cancer deaths rose as deaths from severe asbestosis…