973 results for “General Electric”, page 3 of 49
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Malignant pleural mesothelioma: genome-wide expression patterns reflecting general resistance mechanisms and a proposal of novel targets
…explain resistance against immunological therapies. Gene expression features found in other resistant cancer types related to DNA repair and replication are shared by mesothelioma and could represent general features of tumour resistance. Targeted suppression of some…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2009
Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, asbestos, and a "sane appreciation of the risks"
…specific hazards of mesothelioma and lung cancer. Ford, DaimlerChrysler and General Motors also endorsed a separate brake-work training program called S/P2, from the Coordinating Committee for Automotive Repair. That program told workers that inhaling…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Chrysotile biopersistence in the lungs of persons in the general population and exposed workers
…form, with both fibers and fibrils > 5 microns in length. Comparison of the lung fiber content of occupationally exposed persons with that of the general population showed marked qualitative and quantitative differences. Fibers are durable…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
Asbestos Lung Burden in Necroscopic Samples from the General Population of Milan, Italy
…No AB were found in subjects younger than 30 years. Our study demonstrated detectable levels of asbestos fibres in a sample taken from the general population. The significant increase with age confirmed that amphibole fibres are…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2001
Relation of occupational exposure to respiratory symptoms and asthma in a general population sample: self-reported versus interview-based exposure data
…was taken into account. The corresponding numbers for exposure to quartz were halved and lost their statistical significance when the misclassification was allowed for. In this general population sample, the self-reported occupational, airborne exposure data…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Impact of occupational carcinogens on lung cancer risk in a general population
…highly exposed industrial cohorts. Our aim was to quantify lung cancer burden attributable to occupational carcinogens in a general population. We applied a new job-exposure matrix (JEM) to translate lifetime work histories, collected by personal…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Polymorphisms in DNA repair genes as risk factors for asbestos-related malignant mesothelioma in a general population study
This population-based case-control study asked whether inherited variants in four DNA repair genes (XRCC1, XRCC3, XPD and OGG1) were linked to malignant mesothelioma of the pleura. It was set in Casale Monferrato, Italy, where an asbestos cement…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Antioxidants in the chemoprevention of colorectal cancer and colorectal adenomas in the general population: a systematic review and meta-analysis
…to assess the present evidence on the effect of antioxidants on the incidence of colorectal neoplasms in the general population. A systematic review of randomized controlled trials was undertaken comparing antioxidants alone or in combination with…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2018
Asbestos Exposures, Mesothelioma Incidence and Mortality, and Awareness by General Practitioners in the Molise Region, Central Italy
…mesothelioma incidence and mortality, and awareness on asbestos-related diseases (ARDs) by general practitioners (GPs) in Molise Region. The contaminated sites in three towns were identified by census; mesothelioma incidence (2000 to 2012) and mortality (2003…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1995
Asbestos-related radiographic changes by ILO classification of 10 x 10 cm chest X-rays in a screening of the general population
The authors re-read a sample of 1388 small (10 × 10 cm) chest X-rays from an earlier screening of men aged 40 and over in Telemark county, Norway. Of these, 1036 came from an industrial town and 352 from a rural community. One experienced reader,…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1972
Prevalence of pleural calcification in persons exposed to asbestos dust, and in the general population in the same district
…not minus only the 8. Each exposed group had more cases than expected from the general population (workers: 42 against an expected 2.75). The authors reported these differences as statistically significant at the 1% level…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1976
Computer tomography in the evaluation of pulmonary asbestosis. Preliminary experiences with the EMI general purpose scanner
…from Harrow, England, described early experience using computer tomography (CT) with the EMI general purpose scanner in 13 patients exposed to asbestos for between one and 40 years. Each had 5 to 8 CT sections, which…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1986
Fiber size and number in workers exposed to processed chrysotile asbestos, chrysotile miners, and the general population
…chrysotile ore, 20 long-term chrysotile miners, and 20 members of the general population (controls). Significantly greater amounts of both chrysotile and tremolite were found in processed-ore workers and miners than in controls. On average…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1995
Detection of mineral fibre carcinogenicity with the intraperitoneal test--recent results and their validity
The general experimental design of intraperitoneal (i.p.) carcinogenicity studies with inorganic fibres in rats is described. In a current study, in addition to glass microfibres, size-separated fine respirable fractions of commercial insulation wools (MMVF…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
Commentary: SARS-CoV-2 and Asbestos Exposure: Can Our Experience With Mesothelioma Patients Help Us Understand the Psychological Consequences of COVID-19 and Develop Interventions?
This was a general commentary, an opinion piece, responding to a 2020 article by Granieri and colleagues that had compared COVID-19 with malignant mesothelioma (MM). It reported no new data and studied no people. The…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1985
Intrapulmonary lymph nodes. Clinical, radiologic, and pathologic features
This article from Massachusetts General Hospital described ten patients with intrapulmonary lymph nodes (lymph nodes within the lung tissue) seen over two years, and reviewed 13 earlier reported cases. The patients were aged 36 to 73…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1973
Asbestos fibre in the lung and mesothelioma. A re-examination of the Malmö material
An examination of general lung tissue with an electron microscope for asbestos fibres is reported. The 65 cases examined consisted of 33 cases of pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma and 32 control cases. Asbestos fibres were found…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Meeting report: mode(s) of action of asbestos and related mineral fibers
Although asbestos in general is well known to cause a range of neoplastic and non-neoplastic human health effects, not all asbestos fiber types have the same disease-causing potential, and the mode of action (MOA…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Identifying patients with suspected lung cancer in primary care: derivation and validation of an algorithm
…derive and validate an algorithm incorporating information on symptoms, to estimate the absolute risk of having lung cancer Cohort study of 375 UK QResearch® general practices for development, and 189 for validation. Selected patients were aged…
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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…