It is often caused by exposure to loud music and can be accompanied by hearing loss.
Dennis Ball, from Beeston, suffers from mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining of the lung, which was caused by exposure to asbestos.
When soldiers came home from Vietnam, psychiatrists, the military and the Veterans Administration didn't recognize the existence of mental illness caused by exposure to combat trauma.
Army leaders have warned the war has left the service "out of balance, " with troops strained by extended deployments and equipment worn by exposure to harsh desert conditions.
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But we do have a responsibility to take prudent and precautionary measures to educate those Americans who may be endangered by exposure to radiation if the situation deteriorates.
The company is not in the construction business itself, and so avoids the ups and downs of that industry, frequently caused by exposure to cost overruns and labor contract problems.
This huge cultural heritage site, became increasingly threatened with decay by exposure to harsh climatic conditions, floods from the Indus River, deterioration due to salts rising from the high water-table, and water-logging.
Nearly half of those deaths were caused by exposure to the cold--twice the number of heat-related deaths and more than all of the combined deaths resulting from lightning, storms, floods, earthquakes, landslides and other natural events.
"Currently, we have identified no infectious agent common to all of the cases, " the statement said, adding that no evidence exists that the cases were caused by exposure to chemical or biological weapons, SARS or environmental toxins.
One of the ongoing problems that will be discussed at the conference by Kevin Stokesbury of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, is how a viral infection triggered by exposure to the oil has decimated Prince William Sound's stocks of Pacific herring.
The company is struggling to hold on to the top financial-strength rating, as its capital position is severely strained by exposure to subprime mortgage securities that have deteriorated in value, triggering the possibility that Ambac and other bond insurers will have to pay out on the policies they wrote.
So if a British bank has a big exposure to a French bank which is undermined by its exposure to Greece, that could be a problem for said British bank.
Two years ago, Congress passed legislation creating the compensation fund in response to years of complaints that those who were made sick by their exposure to toxic substances at the Ground Zero site needed and deserved health care and compensation.
The works, made of bronze, heavy steel and mirrors, actually seem enhanced by their exposure to the elements.
By gaining exposure to the health care sector, investors can further diversify their portfolio (reducing risk) while also maximizing overall dividend performance (increasing returns).
Certain OLED materials also are damaged by prolonged exposure to sunlight.
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Morgan Chase was hit harder than was Citigroup by concentrated exposure to such firms, partly because it has merely half Citigroup's capital, and thus fewer chances for diversification.
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Thus, it is strange that most of the emphasis on smoking bans has been on the projected large number of lives that will be saved by eliminating exposure to ETS in public places.
"These increases could be caused by increasing exposure to environmental risk factors such as peanuts and other foods or latex, to an increased susceptibility in the population to these allergens or a combination of these factors, " they wrote.
North Fork is trying to offset this by putting more weight on commercial mortgages and by reducing its exposure to the residential market.
For not all bonds are created equal, and investors may be unwittingly increasing their exposure to equity risk by allocating portions of their fixed income exposure to high-yield bonds, which behave much like equities.
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Real estate derivatives are a way for investors to gain exposure to the asset class without the need to buy or sell properties by replacing the exposure of the real property to the performance of a real estate return index.
Smoking bans could have an effect on reducing heart attacks or heart disease generally by one of two major routes: either by inducing current smokers to quit or by reducing the exposure of non-smokers to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS).
In fact, in many cases, the degree of exposure to toxic chemicals in tap water by inhalation is comparable to the exposure that would result from drinking the stuff.
Nearly all skin cancers are preventable, however, by limiting unprotected exposure to the sun.
You can, however, follow a more conservative strategy by reducing your exposure to higher beta stocks and favoring lower beta stocks.
But U.S. bank stocks, beset by questions about exposure to European lenders and the weakening domestic economic outlook, have been getting hit.
More than 5, 000 British veterans who served in the Gulf War have reported illnesses, which they believe may have been caused by vaccines or exposure to chemicals.
Doing this over long time periods can reduce your risk by reducing your exposure to whichever type of investment is nearing its top and even increase your returns.
Some were found within family clusters, though WHO experts say it isn't clear whether those cases were caused by a common exposure to poultry or due to limited person-to-person transmission.
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