Introduction to beryllium: Uses, regulatory history, and disease

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 559-567

  Kolanz, Marc E ^a  

^a Brush Wellman Inc North America   (United States)

Author keywords

Beryllium; Beryllium sensitization; Chronic beryllium disease; Industrial hygiene; Occupational exposure limit; Occupational medicine; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM;

ARTICLE; BERYLLIOSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

BERYLLIOSIS; BERYLLIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035014782     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220119088     Document Type: Article

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