Work-related respiratory diseases affect people in every industrial sector, constituting
approximately 60% of all disease and injury mortality and 70% of all occupational disease …

Occupational lung diseases are lung conditions caused or made worse by materials when a
person is exposed to a workplace. The diagnosis of an occupational disease is important for …

In this issue of the journal, Van Dyke and colleagues have shown that the supratypic genetic
marker, HLA-DPB1 (E69), has an additive and independent contribution with beryllium …

The human leukocyte antigen (HLA) complex is a series of genes located on chromosome 6
that are important in normal immune function. Susceptibility to chronic beryllium disease, a …

Rationale: Beryllium sensitization (BeS) and chronic beryllium disease (CBD) are
determined by at least one genetic factor, a glutamic acid at position 69 (E69) of the HLA …

Exposure to beryllium in the workplace can result in beryllium sensitization (BeS) and
chronic beryllium disease (CBD). Previous studies indicate that the presence of a glutamic …

Lung diseases caused by workplace exposure are too often mis-or underdiagnosed due in
part to nonexistent or inadequate health surveillance programs for workers. Many of these …

The respiratory system is the organ involved in supplying oxygen (O2) to the body and
removing the waste product carbon dioxide (CO2). Coal miner's pneumoconiosis, cereal …

Most types of lung disease can be caused by work exposures including: asthma, chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), interstitial lung diseases, lung cancer, pulmonary …

Exposure to beryllium in the workplace can result in beryllium sensitization (BeS) and
chronic beryllium disease (CBD). Previous studies indicate that the presence of a glutamic …