985 results for “General Electric”, page 42 of 50
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Medical study · Medical research · 1970
Aetiology of pleural plaques
…previous disease was pleurisy with effusion, occurring in 9·7%. The general condition of those affected was excellent; only 8% were aware of the fact that pleural lesions were present. The disorder was found mainly in…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
Mesothelioma and lung tumors attributable to asbestos among petroleum workers
…many studies clearly show a definitely increased risk of mesothelioma, but no proven excess of lung cancer after comparison to the general population. Through the presentation of new data and the re-appraisal of two recent…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1996
Induction of heme oxygenase in mammalian cells by mineral fibers: distinctive effect of reactive oxygen species
…and erionites also induced HO synthesis with varying degree of efficiency. In general, chrysotile and crocidolite were more efficient inducers of HO than tremolite and erionite when compared at fiber doses that resulted in approximately 50…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Should all patients who have mesothelioma diagnosed by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery have their intervention sites irradiated?
…studied, study type, relevant outcomes and results of these papers are tabulated. There is no general consensus in the literature. Four studies recommend prophylactic irradiation therapy (PIT), while three studies stated that PIT was unnecessary. A…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1998
Effect of air pollutants on the pulmonary surfactant system
…on its concentration and the duration of exposure. Hereby the following general rules apply: the smaller the agent's size and the less water soluble the pollutant is, the greater the tendency to reach the alveoli…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
Local and systemic therapies for malignant pleural mesothelioma
…for 4 cycles). The optimal precise sequence of the trimodality is unclear and should be decided upon by a multidisciplinary consensus for each individual patient. In general, clinical trial participation should be encouraged. Several trials are…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Emphysema findings associated with heavy asbestos-exposure in high resolution computed tomography of finnish construction workers
…exposure duration, age, pack years and asbestosis diagnosis were analyzed in general linear models for possible associations with emphysema. The inter- (quadratic weighted kappa, kappa(qw)=0.46-0.72) and intraobserver (kappa(qw)=0.78…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Dysregulation of the immune system caused by silica and asbestos
…silica particles alter the function of alveolar macrophages and sequential cellular and molecular biological events, general systemic immunological effects may also evolve. One well-known health outcome associated with silica exposure/silicosis is an increase in…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1978
Epidemiology of head and neck cancer
…as asbestos, radon, nickel and arsenic--which have strong carcinogenic effects, most of these have only a small impact on the general population because exposure is limited, usually to small occupational groups. Two prevalent exposures, however…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1973
Asbestos in the work place and the community
…of mesothelial tumours in neighbourhoods of a source of asbestos dust, and the presence of asbestos bodies or calcified asbestos pleural plaques in the general population. Conditions giving rise to neighbourhood mesothelial tumours may not now…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
Changes in lung function after surgery for mesothelioma
…medical database of the University Medical Center Freiburg, or sought by telephone interview with the general practitioner or patients. 25 patients underwent extrapleural pleuropneumonectomy and 23 had pleurectomy/decortication. Pulmonary function was not significantly reduced in…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
Mixtures research at NIEHS: an evolving program
…asbestos). These endeavors have provided excellent data on the toxicity of specific mixtures and have been informative to the human health risk assessment process in general (e.g., providing data on low dose exposures to environmental…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2007
Cytotoxic effects of aggregated nanomaterials
…lung cell lines as comparators. The nanoparticulate materials exhibited varying degrees of cytoxicity for all cell lines and the general trends were similar for both the murine and human macrophage cell lines. These findings suggest that…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Exposure matrix development for the Libby cohort
…cohort, there has not been a comprehensive approach to characterizing these varied exposure pathways. Any approach toward assessing historical exposures among this population must account for three general categories: (1) occupational exposures, (2) residential exposures, and…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2007
Mortality among shipyard Coast Guard workers: a retrospective cohort study
…In addition, 20 job groups were created on likely similar exposures. Standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) were calculated based on the general population of the state and adjusted for age, calendar period, sex and race. The follow…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1983
Mortality among long-term employees of an Ontario asbestos-cement factory
…or who had been otherwise minimally exposed to asbestos, had mortality rates similar to those of the general Ontario population, while the group of asbestos-exposed employees had all-cause mortality rates double those of the…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Managing asbestos in Italy: twenty years after the ban
…estimated to be 80 percent of the quantity existing in 1992, may still be the cause of negative effects to the health of workers and the general population. The so called "asbestos way-out" at this…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2019
Prevention of Asbestos Exposure in Latin America within a Global Public Health Perspective
…Supreme Court decision backing an asbestos ban. In parallel, continuous efforts should be made to stimulate the growth of competent and ethical researchers to convey adequate information to the scientific community and to the general public.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2025
Assessing the global burden of mesothelioma: trends, socioeconomic influences, and asbestos exposure - a retrospective cohort study
…with an overall β of 0.122 for incidence. The temporal trend analysis revealed a general decrease in mesothelioma incidence, particularly in the 15-49 years age group. The analysis indicates a higher mesothelioma incidence in…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2019
Physical function and health-related quality of life in the convalescent phase in surgically treated patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma
…Additionally, the scores of six of the eight SF-36 domains were significantly improved 1 year after P/D: physical functioning, body pain, general health, vitality, social functioning, and mental health (all P < 0.05…