973 results for “General Electric”, page 27 of 49
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Medical study · Medical research · 1986
New marker for mesothelioma: an immunoperoxidase study
…to most epithelial tumour tissues. It also stained reactive and malignant mesothelial cells in fluid smears. The authors noted that the antibody marks mesothelial cells in general, not only mesothelioma cells. They concluded it may help…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1950
Tubular crystals of chrysotile asbestos
…oxygen sheet. The authors concluded that both natural and synthetic chrysotile crystallize as hollow cylindrical tubes, and that there is a general structural analogy and a striking resemblance between the tubular crystals of endellite and chrysotile.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1968
Occupational and "non-occupational" asbestosis in Finland
…peritoneal tumors were not more frequent in the calcification area than in other rural east Finland. The author said the hazard could be controlled, but that too little was known about danger to the general population.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2009
Environmental and occupational risk factors for lung cancer
…cancer deaths among women in two chrysotile mining areas. It said the contribution of low-dose environmental asbestos to lung cancer in the general population is not known. The author concluded that lung cancer is highly…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1927
Histology of Pulmonary Asbestosis
…test. Zoologists judged them not animal, and the general opinion of botanical and chemical experts was that they were not plant forms. The author proposed that they were asbestos fibres slowly altered by chemical breakdown. The…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
Occupational diseases in Poland--an overview of current trends
…was the leading cause, in about 50% of occupational lung cancer cases. Of an average 199 mesothelioma cases yearly in Poland's general population in 2006–2008, 11.6% were recognized as occupational. The authors concluded…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1998
Asbestos-related lung cancer mortality in Piedmont, Italy
…The association held without Casale Monferrato or without Turin. The authors suggested that asbestos effects on lung cancer known from occupational studies are also observable in the general population. Smoking and individual case data were unavailable.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1981
Smoking, coal, asbestos, and the lungs
…asbestos levels and smoking would cut lung cancer in workers, that cutting smoking would have more effect in asbestos-exposed workers than in the general population, and that banning tobacco advertising would be a sensible next…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Accuracy of CT Against Immunohistochemical Test Among the Mexican Population
…and 85.7 vs. 93.2 and 65.6%, respectively. CT is an easily accessible and useful tool that should be incorporated into the medical education of general physicians to improve MPM diagnosis of suspected cases.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2008
Pleural disease manifests years after asbestos exposure
…and follow-up with the pulmonary team were scheduled to monitor the pleural disease. In a general discussion based on other published sources, the author stated that a comprehensive occupational and environmental history is essential when…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Case-control study on renal cell cancer and occupational exposure to trichloroethylene. Part I: Exposure assessment
…occupational physicians agreed with the authors' ratings for 23 of 32 job periods checked. The authors concluded their population could not be regarded as a typical general population. They called their distance corrections very crude estimates.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1986
Contribution of environmental fibers to respiratory cancer
…large. Using a KL of 0.01, the authors estimated fewer than 100 lung cancers and 100 mesotheliomas per year in the general population from past ambient exposures. They noted great uncertainty in these estimates. They…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2008
Naturally occurring asbestos: a recurring public policy challenge
…and approximately 40% were magnesiohornblende, a non-regulated mineral. An EPA Inspector General report said cleanup in Libby, Montana could not be verified as effective after more than $100 million spent. Dust controls in Fairfax County…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1968
Asbestos bodies
…incidental asbestos inhalation was virtually certain. The author concluded that many bodies were probably true asbestos bodies and that occupational exposure was probably a more important source than general environmental contamination. The author called the occupational…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
Man-made mineral fibers and interstitial lung diseases
…obliterative bronchiolitis who prepared fiberglass with styrene resins. The author stated that human data on fiber persistence in the lung were too limited for general conclusions about all MMMFs. The author concluded that epidemiological and toxicological…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1967
Asbestos-dust exposures at various levels and mortality
…white males of all ages in 1950 to 1962. The authors concluded that asbestos dust at general-population levels probably is of little importance in causing disease. Follow-up lasted at most 16 and a half…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1985
Health implications of environmental exposure to asbestos
…about 2 per million per annum and that--as at least some mesothelioma cases in females are directly or indirectly attributable to occupational exposure--there is little room left for any contribution from the general environment…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Epidemiology of Lung Cancer
…medical history, and occupational exposures, however there is not yet a risk prediction model currently recommended for general use. As lung cancer screening becomes more widespread, a validated model will be needed to better define risk…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1985
Thoracic surgical problems in asbestos-related disorders
…received chemotherapy survived an average of 12.4 months. The authors judged their surgical experience with 23 lung cancer patients no different from lung cancer in general. They concluded that nearly all plaque operations could have…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Pleural plaques and exposure to asbestos: a mathematical model
…latency of around 13 years, 'a' around 0.4, and a constant depending on exposure intensity. The author noted that the model's general applicability cannot be judged until it is tested on other data sets.