7 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1990
Asbestos in lung tissue
…as the level identifying asbestos exposure. The author wrote that in the author's laboratory, 100 asbestos bodies per 5 g was the upper limit in the general population of Houston, Texas and Durham, North Carolina…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1990
Human disease consequences of fiber exposures: a review of human lung pathology and fiber burden data
…medians, except one study reporting only a mean), extremely high compared with general-population background levels. The reviewed studies indicated that mesothelioma may occur with fiber burdens considerably lower than those needed to produce asbestosis. One…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1982
Pulmonary asbestos body counts and electron probe analysis of asbestos body cores in patients with mesothelioma: a study of 25 cases
…fiberglass fibers. The malignant mesothelioma patients had asbestos body counts intermediate between those of the general population and those of patients with asbestosis, although some of the mesothelioma cases overlapped with the general population. These latter…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Malignant Diffuse Mesothelioma in Women: A Study of 354 Cases
… chrysotile was never the only fiber type. The authors concluded that peritoneal mesotheliomas in women, in general, are not likely to be caused by asbestos exposure. They noted that 95% of cases came from litigation and…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1986
Asbestos content of lung tissue in asbestos associated diseases: a study of 110 cases
…which are the hallmark of asbestos exposure, were present in the lungs of virtually everyone in the general population and present at increased levels in individuals with asbestos associated diseases. The highest numbers of AB occurred…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Mineral fiber content of lung tissue in patients with environmental exposures: household contacts vs. building occupants
…occupationally exposed individuals. In contrast, our studies of four occupants of buildings with asbestos-containing materials indicate that these individuals often have pulmonary asbestos burdens indistinguishable from the general nonoccupationally exposed population. However, one such building…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1993
Asbestos fiber type in malignant mesothelioma: an analytical scanning electron microscopic study of 94 cases
…in length. Nonasbestos mineral fibers (commonly found in the lungs of the general population) were observed in 71% of the cases and accounted for 25% of all fibers 5 microns or greater in length. The findings…