Beryllium exposure can cause a granulomatous lung disease in workers who develop a
lymphocyte-mediated sensitization to the metal. Workers in diverse industries are at risk …

Objective: People exposed to beryllium compounds are at increased risk of developing
beryllium sensitization and chronic beryllium disease (CBD). The purpose of this short …

Beryllium is the lightest chemically stable metallic element. Research and development in
the 1930s led to its use in industrial applications beginning in the 1940s. Subsequently …

Chronic beryllium disease is an occupational lung disease that begins as a cell-mediated
immune response to beryllium. Although respiratory and engineering controls have …

Beryllium manufacturing processes are associated with the immune-mediated chronic
beryllium disease (CBO). Recent workplace epidemiological studies have been relatively …

We conducted a medical screening for beryllium disease of 577 former workers from a
beryllium processing facility. The screening included a medical and work history …

The primary beryllium industry has generated a large amount of data on airborne beryllium
concentrations that has been used to characterize exposure by task-specific activities, job …

Estimates of the number of workers in the United States occupationally exposed to beryllium
were published in the 1970s and 1980s and ranged from 21,200 to 800,000. We obtained …

The blood beryllium lymphocyte proliferation test is used in medical surveillance to identify
both beryllium sensitization and chronic beryllium disease. Approximately 50% of …

The beryllium lymphocyte proliferation test (BeLPT) has revolutionized our approach to the
diagnosis, screening, and surveillance of beryllium health effects. Based on the …