973 results for “General Electric”, page 35 of 49
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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
Using GIS to Estimate Population at Risk Because of Residence Proximity to Asbestos Processing Facilities in Colombia
…geographic information system, demographic data obtained from the last two general population censuses were processed to determine the number of people living within the concentric circles surrounding the asbestos facilities and the mine. In previous studies…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1997
Dose-response relationship of fibrous dusts in intraperitoneal studies
…90%, the hypothesis of a common slope of dose-response relationships (parallel probit lines in probit analysis) cannot be rejected. In general, parallelism of probit lines is considered an indication of a common mode of action…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
CT scan screening is associated with increased distress among subjects of the APExS
…consequences was performed 6 months after the HRCT-scan examination (T2). PCQ scores were compared quantitatively (t-test, general linear model) and qualitatively (chi²-test, logistic regression) to screening results. Multivariate analyses were adjusted for gender…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2005
Asbestos-related diseases in Italy: epidemiologic evidences and public health issues
…is presented. These systems evidence exposures to asbestos and relative risks for populations exposed in work environments and also in the general environment, and provide objective data to identify sources of exposure and for risk management…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1967
Asbestosis and neoplasia
…consecutive deaths among insulation workers (1943-1966), 17 (about 5%) were due to mesothelioma, against about 1 in 10,000 deaths in the general population. In Dresden, lung cancer deaths rose as deaths from severe asbestosis…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Banning asbestos in Asia: campaigns and strategies by the Asian Network for the Rights of Occupational Accident Victims (ANROAV)
…and thus do not appear in government statistics. This deadly substance is killing workers. Unless drastic action is taken to stop its use, Asian workers as well as the general population will pay a heavy price.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1977
Chrysotile asbestos: effects of human exposure
…exonerated the quarry's crushed rock as a carcinogen, and his claim that these workers' general health was comparable to that of Quebec Province as a whole. They noted that latent periods for asbestos-related malignancy…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1971
Prevalence of chronic respiratory disease. Asbestosis in ship repair workers
…did new-ship construction and were not exposed to asbestos. Aerometric measurement showed levels of asbestos that were, in general, lower than current threshold limit values. These findings reemphasize the need for control of asbestos in…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Brain metastasis in malignant pleural mesothelioma presenting as intratumoral hemorrhage
…opportunities for treating MPM metastasis will increase in the near future. Intratumoral hemorrhage may occur in patients with solitary brain metastasis of MPM, so surgery should be considered as a general candidate treatment for metastatic tumors.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2007
Some limitations of aggregate exposure metrics
…We show that, in general, aggregate exposure information alone may be inherently unable to guide rational risk-management decisions when the components of the mixture differ significantly in potency and when the percentage compositions of the…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
Detection of pleural plaques in workers exposed to inhalation of natural fluoro-edenite fibres
…and HRCT chest imaging. A general descriptive outcome analysis was also conducted; a prevalence ratio (PR) with 95% confidence interval and a two-tailed test P-value were calculated for pleural plaques using log-binomial regression…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Pleural mesothelioma secondary to radiotherapy: a rare association
…with a left pleural effusion, 8 weeks of pleuritic left chest pain, dry cough and general deterioration. She had never smoked and worked as a housewife. Neither she nor her family had environmental or occupational exposure…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
CD90 is a diagnostic marker to differentiate between malignant pleural mesothelioma and lung carcinoma with immunohistochemistry
…irrespective of the histologic types, were negative in general. The sensitivity and specificity of CD90 expression in epithelioid mesothelioma and lung adenocarcinoma were comparable to those of well-established markers used for the differential diagnosis. These…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Airways obstruction among older construction and trade workers at Department of Energy nuclear sites
…Risk for COPD in the study population was compared to risk for COPD in the general US population as determined in National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III). The age-standardized prevalence ratio of COPD…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2002
Peritoneal washing cytology findings of disseminated myxoid leiomyosarcoma of uterus: report of a case with emphasis on possible differential diagnosis
…sarcomatoid carcinoma, or malignant melanoma, true sarcoma cells in general carry a distinctive cytologic appearance in washing/effusion fluid. In a correct clinical setting, the peculiar association with mucoid matrix and absence of classic lipoblasts should…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1985
Kinetics of deposition and clearance of inhaled mineral dusts during chronic exposure
…Nevertheless, the general pattern exhibited by our results for asbestos is markedly similar to that found elsewhere for rats inhaling diesel fume, leading to the suggestion that it is general (and not specific to fibrous dust)…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2007
Fiber deposition in the tracheobronchial region: experimental measurements
…the data shows large variability among the bifurcations within the same generation, there is a general trend for the data obtained in these two replicas. Our results show that fiber deposition for carbon fibers increases with…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1989
Colon cancer, physical activity, and occupational exposures. A case-control study
…High-grade exposure to asbestos or to organic solvents gave a two-fold increased risk. Regarding exposure to trichloroethylene in general, a slightly increased risk was found whereas such exposure among dry cleaners gave a seven…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Occupational cancer burden in Great Britain
…A brief summary of the methods and an overview of the updated overall results are given in this introductory paper. A general discussion of the overall strengths and limitations of the study is also presented. Overall…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1988
Surgical treatment of asbestos-related disease of the chest
…be accomplished with an acceptable mortality, but long-term results do not justify its routine use. Lung cancer in those exposed to asbestos fibers is treated no differently than when it occurs in the general population.