The paper provides physicians and clinical chemists with statistical data (concentration
ranges, geometric mean values, selected percentiles, etc.) about 30 urinary trace elements …

Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) caused by exposure to agents encountered in the workplace
(occupational ILD) are an important and preventable group of illnesses. Many different …

Beryllium exposure remains an ongoing occupational health concern for workers worldwide.
Since the initial Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) ruling on a …

The Tenth Edition of Hunter's Diseases of Occupations has been fully revised and updated,
presenting all practitioners considering an occupational cause for a patient's condition with …

This book introduces beryllium; its history, its chemical, mechanical, and physical properties
including nuclear properties. The 29 chapters include the mineralogy of beryllium and the …

The paper presents a method for the fast, simple and reliable routine determination of As,
Ba, Be, Co, Cd, Cu, Cr, In, Li, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, Pt, Rh, Sb, Se, Sn, Tl, U, V, W and Zn in urine …

An increase in chronic beryllium disease (CBD) has been suggested due to higher industrial
use of beryllium alloys. Since occupational CBD is a perfect phenocopy of sarcoidosis, it …

Mining and smelting areas in Hezhang have generated a large amount of heavy metals into
the environment. For that cause, an evaluative study on human exposure to heavy metals …

Thermochemical equilibrium calculations are carried out to elucidate improved conditions
for the production of Al, Si, FeSi, Ti, Mg, Hf, Zr, Be, and Ge by the high-temperature …

Epigenetic marks are likely to explain variability of response to antigen in granulomatous
lung disease. The objective of this study was to identify DNA methylation and gene …