3 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Parenchymal and pleural fibrosis in construction workers
…male population from another investigation indicates that the frequency of lung fibrosis (ILO greater than or equal to 1/1) is at least two times higher among the examined construction workers than among the general population…
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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 · 2012
Lung and pleural CT signs predict deaths: 10-year follow-up after lung cancer screening of asbestos-exposed workers
…lung/pleural CT signs found in screening seem to predict deaths in long term, which may require more careful medical surveillance of such individuals. Further studies are needed to generalize the present findings to general population.