A study on the beryllium lymphocyte transformation test and the beryllium levels in working environment

Industrial Health

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 374-379

  Yoshida, Tsutomu ^a   Shima, Syogo ^a   Nagaoka, Kaoru ^a   Taniwaki, Hiroshige ^a   Wada, Akihiko ^a   Kurita, Hideki ^a   Morita, Kunihiko ^b  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Nisshin Orido Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beryllium; Beryllium copper; Beryllium copper alloy; Chronic beryllium disease; Lymphocyte transformation test; T cell

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM;

ADULT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BERYLLIOSIS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; SENSITIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030793570     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.35.374     Document Type: Article

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