Prevalence of beryllium sensitization among Department of Defense conventional munitions workers at low risk for exposure

MA Mikulski, WT Sanderson, SA Leonard… - … of occupational and …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
… The findings from this study suggest that Department of Defense … to beryllium had a low
prevalence of beryllium sensitization. Sensitization rates might be higher where higher beryllium

Risk of beryllium sensitization in a low‐exposed former nuclear weapons cohort from the cold war era

MA Mikulski, SA Leonard… - American journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
… This report presents findings of federally mandated screenings for beryllium sensitization
among former DOE workers employed at a single weapons assembly plant in the Midwest. This …

Preventing sensitization and disease from beryllium exposure

GA Day, PK Henneberger, MD Hoover, CR Schuler… - 2011 - stacks.cdc.gov
beryllium-containing materials may develop beryllium sensitization or chronic beryllium
assistance in preventing beryllium sensitization and chronic beryllium disease. Development of …

Advances in identifying beryllium sensitization and disease

D Middleton, P Kowalski - … Journal of Environmental Research and Public …, 2010 - mdpi.com
… The US Department of Energy has a comprehensive program for hygiene, housekeeping, …
Historically, Department of Defense policy statements have discouraged use of the BeLPT for …

Defense programs beryllium good practice guide

M Herr - 1997 - osti.gov
… with a soluble form of beryllium and measuring proliferation of the cells (see Section 2.5.2).
To date, over 100 new cases of beryllium sensitization and/or CBD have been identified. …

Process‐related risk of beryllium sensitization and disease in a copper–beryllium alloy facility

CR Schuler, MS Kent, DC Deubner… - American journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
… At a copper–beryllium alloy strip and wire finishing facility we performed a cross-sectional …
prevalences of beryllium sensitization and CBD, and relationships between sensitization and …

Health effects of beryllium exposure: a literature review

…, Committee on Beryllium Alloy Exposures - 2007 - books.google.com
… The review focuses on the most important health risks: beryllium sensitization, chronic beryllium
… The aeronautics and defense industries use alloys that have a high beryllium content (40…

Epidemiology of Beryllium sensitization and pneumoconiosis in the population of former nuclear weapons workers and current and former conventional munitions …

MA Mikulski - 2011 - search.proquest.com
… (BeLPT) as part of the Department of Energy (DoE) Former … -up if sensitized, as part of a
Department of Defense (DOD) … Results: The prevalence of beryllium sensitization in nuclear …

Beryllium surface levels in a military ammunition plant

WT Sanderson, S Leonard, D Ott… - … of occupational and …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
… the primary beryllium industry and 26,500 Department of Energy (DOE) or Department of
Defense (… of a future prevalence study of beryllium sensitization among plant workers, may have …

Managing health effects of beryllium exposure

…, Committee on Beryllium Alloy Exposures - 2008 - books.google.com
… The aeronautics and defense industries use alloys that have a high beryllium content (40-…
in connection with beryllium beryllium sensitization (BES), chronic beryllium disease (CBD), …