4 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Nature of exposure to chrysotile
Fibres in general, and chrysotile fibres in particular, have properties that set them apart from other airborne particles in terms of their aerodynamic behaviour and the nature of their interactions with cells and fluids in vivo…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1970
Asbestos and asbestosis
This short 1970 paper was not a research study but a general overview. It was originally presented at a 1969 conference on asbestos exposure during brake and clutch maintenance, and the author was Group Medical Adviser…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1971
Asbestos dust concentrations in ship repairing: a practical approach to improving asbestos hygiene in naval dockyards
…the top of a ladder from the stripping area. Removing pipe lagging gave mean general levels of 171 fibres/cm3 in boiler rooms and 88 fibres/cm3 in engine rooms. Applying lagging gave much lower levels…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Biological effects: asbestos-cement manufacturing
… if so, then the no-threshold model for lung cancer risk is inappropriate since there is general agreement that very low exposures will not result in radiologically detectable lung fibrosis. Further data on this potential link…