19 results for “General Electric”
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Healthy Worker Effect
…epidemiology in the 1970s, as researchers worked out how to correct for it. Significance in Asbestos Context Many asbestos studies compare death or cancer rates among workers with rates in the general population, which includes people…
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Pleural Calcification Prevalence
…such as asbestos-exposed workers, residents near an asbestos source, or the general public. Researchers use this prevalence as a population-level marker of past asbestos exposure, because calcified pleural plaques are strongly associated with prior…
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Proportional mortality
…an epidemiological measure that compares the share of deaths from a specific cause in a defined group (such as workers in a trade) to the share of deaths from that same cause in the general population…
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standardized mortality ratio (SMR)
…been expected if that group had experienced the same death rates as the general population, after adjusting for age, sex, and time period. An SMR of 1.0 means the same risk as the general population…
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Standardized Incidence Ratio (SIR)
…as a cohort of asbestos workers, with the number that would be expected if the group had the same cancer rates as the general population of the same age and sex. An SIR of 1.0…
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Background Rate
…Selikoff, and others compared mesothelioma rates in exposed workers to rates in the general population. Significance in Asbestos Context Background rate is central to causation arguments in mesothelioma cases. Because mesothelioma is so rare in unexposed…
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Incidence
…whether a particular person's disease was caused by asbestos. Example Sentence The study found a mesothelioma incidence among former insulators many times higher than in the general population of the same age. Related Terms Prevalence…
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Case-Control Study
…you specifically to asbestos-containing products. Example Sentence The plaintiff's epidemiologist relied on several case-control studies showing that brake mechanics had a higher rate of mesothelioma than the general population. Related Terms Cohort Study…
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Cohort Study
…case. Example Sentence The expert cited a cohort study of over 17,000 insulation workers to show that the patient's trade carried a mesothelioma risk many times that of the general population. Related Terms Epidemiology…
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confidence interval
…and strengthen causation evidence. Ask your attorney whether the epidemiology cited in your case includes occupation- or product-specific risk estimates with their confidence intervals, as these are stronger than general asbestos-risk figures. epidemiological-methods
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Hazard Ratio
…for example, tells the court that insulators developed mesothelioma at five times the rate of an unexposed population, powerful evidence of general causation. Defendants often attack hazard ratios by pointing to wide confidence intervals, confounding factors…
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intraperitoneal injection study
…associated fibers) can cause disease. Plaintiffs' experts use these studies to establish biological plausibility and fiber potency, which supports general causation, the foundational step before linking exposure to your specific illness. Understanding that this body of…
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Loomis 2009
…this study is often central to proving general causation. Example Sentence The plaintiff's epidemiology expert relied on Loomis 2009 to demonstrate that even moderate chrysotile exposure in the patient's auto-repair work created a…
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Odds Ratio
…the back-and-forth between experts on both sides. Example Sentence The plaintiff's epidemiologist testified that insulators in the relevant era had an odds ratio of roughly 10 for mesothelioma compared to the general population…
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rate ratio
…expert reports, and trial. Example Sentence The plaintiff's epidemiologist testified that workers with comparable chrysotile exposure showed a mesothelioma rate ratio of approximately 8 compared to the general population. Related Terms Relative Risk, Standardized Mortality…
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Relative Risk
…confidence intervals are too wide to be meaningful. Example Sentence The plaintiff's epidemiologist explained that workers in the patient's trade had a relative risk of mesothelioma roughly nine times that of the general population…
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Population Attributable Fraction (PAF)
…based on lifetime job histories. Related Terms Attributable Risk, Relative Risk, Epidemiology, General Causation, Specific Causation, Idiopathic Mesothelioma, Lung Cancer Notes A population figure does not decide whether your own disease was caused by asbestos. If…
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Statistical Significance
…Bradford Hill Criteria, Daubert Standard, General Causation Notes "Not statistically significant" does not mean "proven safe"; it may mean the study was too small. Ask how many cases a study had; rare diseases often produce small…
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Systematic Review
…General Causation Notes A conclusion based on a systematic review usually carries more weight than one based on a single study. Ask whether an expert's review followed a written search plan or was based on…