985 results for “General Electric”, page 45 of 50
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Medical study · Medical research · 2002
Thymidylate synthase: a critical target for cancer chemotherapy
…Drug Administration as first-line therapy for patients with advanced colorectal cancer. As the number of TS inhibitors available for general clinical use increases, further research is needed to elucidate the critical molecular and biochemical elements…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
The extent and influence of Asbestos Safety Awareness training among managers who had previously commissioned an asbestos survey in their workplace buildings
…refurbishment/demolition work in their buildings. Given its potential to positively influence the occupational management of asbestos, the authors recommend the general promotion of suitably tailored ASA-training programmes among building managers and external contractors alike.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Mortality in a cohort of vermiculite miners exposed to fibrous amphibole in Libby, Montana
…a 14% increase in mortality for mine workers exposed occupationally to 100 f/ml.y or about 3.2% for a general population exposed for 50 years to an ambient concentration of 0.1 f/ml…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1999
Medical research in the Rhondda valleys
…research groups have also worked in the South Wales valleys. In 1961 Julian Tudor Hart left the Epidemiology Unit after a year's research to enter general practice, and establish the famous research practice at Glyncorrwg…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
Thirty-day mortality underestimates the risk of early death after major resections for thoracic malignancies
…occurs beyond the first 30 postsurgical days as well as after hospital discharge. Because cancer operations constitute a large portion of general thoracic surgery, we recommend national databases consider the inclusion of 90-day mortality in…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
Domestic asbestos exposure: a review of epidemiologic and exposure data
…low-level chrysotile-exposed workers. Lung burden studies (n = 6) were also evaluated as a surrogate of exposure. In general, available results for domestic exposures are lower than the workers' exposures. Recent simulations of low…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2005
Malignant mesothelioma with a pronounced myxoid stroma: a clinical and pathological evaluation of 19 cases
…of normal mesothelium. Patients may present at different stages, but survival appears to be superior to that of epithelioid mesotheliomas in general. Our study emphasizes the need for better attention to histologic subtypes, particularly in the…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Occupational cancer in Canada: what do we know?
…the proportion of incident cancers accepted as occupational by the WCBs with the estimated proportion of cancers in the general population attributable to occupation (based on population-attributable risk percentages from epidemiologic data) suggests that less…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Comparative immunohistochemical staining for desmin and muscle-specific actin. A study of 576 cases
…6 leiomyomas. Among 22 leiomyosarcomas, 7 displayed either MSA or desmin and 7 showed both markers. In general, more tumor cells showed staining for MSA than desmin, but the reverse was true in some cases. Tissue…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1997
Pulmonary carcinogenicity of inhaled particles and the maximum tolerated dose
…end of a subchronic study. However, there is no general agreement about quantification of these end points to define the MTD. To determine whether pulmonary responses are indicative of the MTD, we suggest defining an MTD…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Adverse health effects of fluoro-edenitic fibers: epidemiological evidence and public health priorities
…in selected population groups. In this frame, special emphasis is given to the issue of communication, both to the general public and to target groups like family doctors, teachers, and media professionals. This experience could represent…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Alcohol use in Polish 9/11 responders: implications for cross-cultural treatment
…alcohol treatment modalities can and often must be modified in providing psychiatric treatment to Polish responders, in particular, and to foreign-born patients in general. Treatment modalities discussed include cognitive and behavioral therapy, relapse prevention strategies…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1986
Mortality experience of amosite asbestos factory workers: dose-response relationships 5 to 40 years after onset of short-term work exposure
…job that the worker had in the factory. Whichever measure of dosage is used, it was found that, in general, the lower the dose, the longer it took for adverse mortality to become evident and, also…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1993
Asbestos screening and education programs for building and construction trades unions
…and retirees from 89 local unions affiliated with the Elevator Constructors or the Laborers were screened in 59 regional programs. A general description and historical perspective are offered concerning program implementation, integration into existing union infrastructures…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Work-related mesothelioma in Québec, 1967-1990
…year-exposure and 62% > or = 25 year-exposure). Analyses of the yearly incidence of new cases in each group documented the general incremental trend in all groups, with the sharpest rises in group 3…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1974
Mesothelioma register 1967-68
…but, in general, mesothelioma occured at an earlier age than carcinoma of bronchus and lung' or all malignant tumours' in the Registrar General's statistical mortality tables. Concomitant asbestosis and the finding of asbestos bodies or…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2002
Appropriate in vitro test conditions for genotoxicity testing of fibers
…metabolic activation) seems to be well suited to detect genotoxic activity of asbestos fibers with high accuracy. Further investigations are needed to shown whether this approach can be recommended for genotoxicity testing of fibers in general.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1996
Ozone enhances the uptake of mineral particles by tracheobronchial epithelial cells in organ culture
…mediated by hydrogen peroxide and possibly by hydroxyl radical. These findings support the general hypothesis that AOS are important mediators of epithelial particle uptake in many different settings. Enhanced uptake may be one of the mechanisms…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1970
Practical steps towards the prevention of bronchial carcinoma
…the occupational agent. The author concluded that prevention lay primarily in reducing cigarette smoking. He proposed banning general tobacco advertising except at the point of sale, and a tax differential favouring pipes and cigars. For asbestos…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Silicosis among gemstone workers in South Africa: tiger's-eye pneumoconiosis
…to be confined to stone sculptors. Tried and proven techniques of general and local exhaust ventilation combined with water or oil to control dust at source were capable of effectively reducing dust emission to acceptable levels.