27 results for “General Electric”, page 2 of 2
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Mesothelioma among Motor Vehicle Mechanics: An Updated Review and Meta-analysis
…issue, we conducted a new systematic review and meta-analysis. A comprehensive PubMed literature search through May 2014 was conducted to identify studies that reported relative risk estimates for mesothelioma among motor vehicle mechanics (in general)…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Epidemiology of malignant mesothelioma--an outline
…the 20-year period, 1974-1994, showed a wide range of outcomes, but in general that the risk was higher in exposures which included amphiboles rather than chrysotile alone. Real progress began, however, with discoveries along…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Carcinogenesis and related cell and tissue responses to asbestos: a review
…of lung cancer. Several caveats important in the interpretation of these data include the general lack of dose-response protocols both for in vivo and for in vitro studies as well as the absence, in many…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1996
A study of personal and area airborne asbestos concentrations during asbestos abatement: a statistical evaluation of fibre concentration data
…mastic with traditional methods, and mastic removal with a high-efficiency particulate air filter blast track (shot-blast) machine. In general, abatement of boiler and pipe insulation produces the highest airborne fibre levels, while abatement of…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2002
The quantitative risks of mesothelioma and lung cancer in relation to asbestos exposure: the Wittenoom data
…and mill. It covered 12 shifts and collected 38 static samples, and it was reported only in general terms in 1968. Others had derived median estimates of 50 fibres/ml for ever mill workers, 12 fibres…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1973
Asbestos in the work place and the community
…of mesothelial tumours in neighbourhoods of a source of asbestos dust, and the presence of asbestos bodies or calcified asbestos pleural plaques in the general population. Conditions giving rise to neighbourhood mesothelial tumours may not now…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2002
The combination of effects on lung cancer of cigarette smoking and exposure in quebec chrysotile miners and millers
…equivalent to exposure amounting to 700 million particles per cubic foot x years. The refutation of the multiplicative hypothesis in these data reinforces its inapplicability in general; but the additive hypothesis is not generally applicable either…