Contribution of Incidental Exposure Pathways to Total Beryllium Exposures

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 568-578

  Deubner, David C ^a   Lowney, Yvette W ^b   Paustenbach, Dennis J ^b   Warmerdam, John ^b  

^a Brush Wellman Inc North America   (United States)

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Beryllium; Beryllium Sensitization; Chronic Beryllium Disease; Incidental Exposures; Ingestion; Inhalation Dermal

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM;

ARTICLE; BERYLLIOSIS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INFLAMMATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; BERYLLIUM; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKIN ABSORPTION;

EID: 0035022346     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220120136     Document Type: Article

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