Rationale: Beryllium continues to have a wide range of industrial applications. Exposure to
beryllium can lead to sensitization (BeS) and chronic beryllium disease (CBD). Objectives …

In recent years the greatest progress in our understanding of pneumoconioses, other than
those produced by asbestos, silica, and coal, has been in the arena of metal-induced …

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

Between 1996 and 2001, we identified five cases of a unique idiopathic pleuroparenchymal
lung disease characterized by a clinical presentation suggestive of a chronic idiopathic …

We examined the prevalence of beryllium sensitization in relation to work process and
beryllium exposure measurements in a beryllia ceramics plant that had operated since …

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 …

Beryllium is an important industrial metal because of its unusual material properties: it is
lighter than aluminum and six times stronger than steel. Often alloyed with other metals such …

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

OBJECTIVES: To describe relative hazards in sectors of the beryllium industry, risk factors of
beryllium disease and sensitisation related to work process were sought in a beryllium …

Abstract Background During World War II (WWII), the Manhattan Engineering District
established a secret laboratory in the mountains of northern New Mexico. The mission was …