973 results for “General Electric”, page 26 of 49
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
A case-control study of lung cancer nested in a cohort of European asphalt workers
…risk. A sizable proportion of the excess mortality from lung cancer relative to the general population observed in the earlier cohort phase is likely attributable to high tobacco consumption and possibly to coal tar exposure, whereas…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2007
Pemetrexed disodium in combination with cisplatin versus other cytotoxic agents or supportive care for the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma
…Folic acid and vitamin B12 supplements lowered some of them. The authors concluded the combination with these supplements may improve survival in patients in good general condition. They noted several limits: only fitter patients took part…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1983
Assessment of the epidemiological data relating lung cancer to air pollution
…cancer likely greater than zero but unlikely to exceed 2% of all lung cancers, or 5 per 100,000 cases in urban males. The author concluded there was no reason to repeat such general-population studies.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
Treatment patterns and survival analysis in 9014 patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma from Belgium, the Netherlands and England
…this difference is probably overrated because of selection bias. They noted that treatment definitions differed between countries and that data on other illnesses and general fitness were missing. The authors concluded that chemotherapy has become standard…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1987
Mechanisms of macrophage accumulation in the lungs of asbestos-exposed subjects
…more local multiplication contribute. Comparisons among subgroups of workers found no statistically significant differences in these markers, but the authors noted too few had abnormal lung function for general conclusions comparing those with and without asbestosis.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
Historical background to the asbestos problem
…with the Cape asbestos field, and Doll's 1955 finding that men employed 20 or more years at a large asbestos works had 10 times the general population's lung cancer risk. The authors concluded that…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1993
The production of TNF-alpha and IL-1-like activity by bronchoalveolar leucocytes after intratracheal instillation of crocidolite asbestos
…both substances. The authors noted that low-level endotoxin in culture media could have contributed to background release. They concluded that, in general, asbestos exposure increased production of both substances, with short-term variations after instillation.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
Greater public awareness of health hazards of asbestos exposure
…lining work. People over 50 became more aware, but manual laborers still lagged behind the general population. Understanding that asbestos illness may take more than 20 years to develop improved substantially but remained low. The item…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1989
Familial mesothelioma: a report of two families
…asbestos bodies per gram of wet lung tissue. This was well within the lower limits seen in the general urban population with no occupational history of asbestos exposure. The authors concluded that genetic factors may be…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
Occupational and environmental exposures and cancers in developing countries
…The authors concluded that asbestos's health consequences are being underestimated in these countries and that banning asbestos mining, manufacture and general use is imperative. They called their review not exhaustive and noted remaining knowledge gaps.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Desmoplastic malignant mesothelioma originating from the peritoneum
…The article did not say whether this patient had been exposed to asbestos. It mentioned asbestos only as a known general risk factor, and the authors wrote that the link between peritoneal mesothelioma and asbestos is…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
RE: Asbestos in brakes: exposure and risk of disease
…cannot be defended. The letter discloses that the author has served as an expert witness in friction brake litigation, with the author's employer receiving funding for this work from Ford, General Motors and Daimler Chrysler.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1993
Mortality from lung cancer in asbestos workers 1955
…was a specific industrial hazard of certain asbestos workers and that the average risk among men employed for 20 or more years has been of the order of 10 times that experienced by the general population…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2003
Effects of tobacco smoking on findings in chest computed tomography among asbestos-exposed workers
…The authors concluded that CT can detect changes due to smoking at an early stage. They noted that there were only 18 never-smokers and that the results cannot be applied directly to the general population.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Asbestos exposure and fire fighting
…that fire fighters are at risk of asbestos-induced pleural and pulmonary fibrosis independent of other exposure. They noted that 9% pleural thickening exceeded the roughly 2% reported in general population studies. They recommended reducing exposure…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Assessment of environmental and domestic exposure to tremolite in New Caledonia
…concluded that the whitewash may produce high airborne fiber levels and lung contents comparable with occupational settings. They noted that samples came from sick patients and probably did not reflect the general population's lung burden.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Re: Evaluation of the size and type of free particulates collected from unused asbestos-containing brake components as related to potential for respirability
…raise concerns about historical exposures of automotive mechanics. The authors disclosed that their research was primarily funded by Ford, DaimlerChrysler and General Motors, and that some of them had been expert witnesses in brake-repair litigation.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1976
Asbestos related disease in Barrow-in-Furness
…carcinoma deaths, and 13 versus 2 mesothelioma deaths. Autoantibody levels in 160 men with plaques did not differ significantly from those in the general British population. The author concluded that shipyard workers with plaques, without fibrosis…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Environmental airborne tremolite asbestos pollution and pleural plaques in Afghanistan
…and that this hazard may be encountered in Afghanistan. They could not obtain detailed information on how common pleural plaques on chest X-rays are in the general population of the Kabul area and Loghar region.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1980
Clinical observations following asbestos exposure
…of mesothelioma in workers who did not handle asbestos directly and in household contacts. The author concluded that further investigation is needed to define the risk from long-term, low-level exposure in the general population.