973 results for “General Electric”, page 18 of 49
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Medical study · Medical research · 1955
Carcinoma of the lung in asbestosis: report of two additional cases
…their lungs (8.2 per cent). Over the same period and age range, their hospital's general rate was 1.5 per cent. No fiber type was named. The authors concluded that this and other series…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Update of mortality and cancer incidence in the Australian petroleum industry cohort
…and drivers had more kidney cancer than expected (12 cases v 5.84 expected). Lung cancer incidence among men was lower than in the general population (SIR 0.69, 95% CI 0.57 to 0.83)…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Sudden death of an elderly man with multiple malignant neoplasms
…section reported asbestos body counts in the lung bases higher than background. The discussion instead stated that levels were within background for the general population, but that the left lower lobe had a significantly higher count…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
The dog didn't bark
…prophylactic pleurodesis, typically for recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax. The author noted that these patients had then risked the 'normal' exposure to asbestos fibers suffered by the general population. The author pointed out that a different paper, by…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
History and evolution of warning labels for automotive friction products
…manual and on 1973 Bendix brake boxes. Later Ford, General Motors and Buick materials warned against compressed air and dry cleaning, and a 1993 Ford bulletin recommended non-asbestos parts. They reported that OSHA rules exempted…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Impact of malignant mesothelioma in Taiwan: a 27-year review of population-based cancer registry data
…7.6 for males and 13.5 for females. Compared with the age- and sex-matched general population, the authors estimated 14.2 expected years of life lost per case (95% confidence interval 12.8 to…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1978
Risk factors in asbestos exposure
…the author stated, lung cancer risk was raised about four-fold above general-population non-smokers in a non-smoker, and ten- to twenty-fold above people with the same smoking habit in a heavy smoker…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
Estimation of an optimal chemotherapy utilization rate for malignant pleural mesothelioma: an evidence-based benchmark for cancer care
…followed. The authors combined guideline recommendations with published figures on how many patients had operable disease, good general fitness (performance status) and severe other illnesses. The model found chemotherapy was recommended in 65% of patients, mostly…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1982
Visibility of fine fibres of asbestos during routine electron microscopical analysis
…to the visibility of fine, sub-micrometre fibres. The results indicate that, in general, at a given magnification finer fibres are visible when using TEM than when using SEM. When using SEM, fibre visibility is improved…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Asbestos exposure during uncontrolled removal of sprayed-on asbestos
…bronchoalveolar lavage (lung-washing) fluid held 349 and 50 asbestos bodies per milliliter, versus under 1 expected in people of the general population without obvious asbestos exposure, and all fibers analyzed by electron microscopy were amosite…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
An unjustified prognosis of the number of asbestos-related lung cancer cases caused by an increase in airborne asbestos concentrations as a result of removing of asbestos-cement products
…a 2014 article by Hajok and colleagues. That article estimated lung cancer cases in the general Polish population from asbestos exposure during removal and disposal of asbestos-cement products. The letter's authors argued that published…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2007
Asbestos exposure causes mesothelioma, but not this asbestos exposure: an amicus brief to the Michigan Supreme Court
…in mechanics must be considered. They stated that Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler admitted in litigation paying over $30,000,000 since 2000 to experts who produced papers the manufacturers rely on. The authors concluded that…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1982
Mortality of brain tumors among asbestos insulation workers in the United States and Canada
…brain tumors in this cohort, somewhat more than were anticipated (18.0 such deaths were expected based on U.S. general population data, and 20.5 if smoking was taken into account). The excess was not…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1997
Mortality from a Chinese asbestos plant: overall cancer mortality
…chrysotile. The plant made brake shoes, textiles and rope. Deaths were compared with Qingdao's general population. The text reports 22 cancers causing 21 deaths, though the table lists 22 cancer deaths against 11.17 expected…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1998
Globally asbestos-free automobiles
…products and engine gaskets. According to the author, General Motors used asbestos gaskets in new engines in Brazil, although it had used safer substitutes in vehicles sold in North America since around 1993. A Brazilian government…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
The case for a global ban on asbestos
…cancer and mesothelioma. They described industry-sponsored "product defense" science. They cited a court document stating that General Motors, Ford and Chrysler paid almost $37 million between 2001 and 2008 to scientist-consultants. They reported that…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Ban all production and export of chrysotile asbestos
…that importing countries offer weak or no worker protection, and that exposure of the general population is likely extensive and impossible to document. The author stated that Canadian chrysotile exports are directly responsible for the deaths…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1984
Fiber size and number in amphibole asbestos-induced mesothelioma
…of crocidolite fibers, 0.2 X 10(6)/g; these values represent an approximately 250-fold increase over those found in the general population. Crocidolite fibers were significantly narrower than amosite fibers (mean width, 0.13…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
What to do about the asbestos currently in ships and industry?
…the author cited studies indicating that essentially all adult lungs contain asbestos fibers, while mesothelioma is rare in the general population. The author stated that approximately 1.5 million Royal Navy seamen and officers served for…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2001
Malignant mesothelioma from neighborhood exposure to anthophyllite asbestos
…leu M1 antigen. Anthophyllite fibers were > 5 microm in length in lung tissue compared to 3 microm from a general population study. Anthophyllite asbestos has been associated with neighborhood environmental exposure and pleural plaques; we…