3 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1965
Relation between exposure to asbestos and mesothelioma
…53 from lung cancer. For comparison, an American Cancer Society general-population study recorded only 3 deaths from pleural mesothelioma among 31,652 deaths. Among the 10 workers who died of mesothelioma, none developed it less…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1965
Histological characteristics of mesothelioma associated with asbestos
…10 of them found among 307 consecutive deaths. Seven came from 26 consecutive asbestosis cases among 2500 autopsies at Middlesex General and Barnert Memorial Hospitals. Twelve came from 45 Armed Forces Institute of Pathology cases checked…
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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…