Beryllium Sensitization and Chronic Beryllium Disease at a Former Nuclear Weapons Facility

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 405-417

  Stange, Arthur W ^a   Hilmas, Duane E ^a   Furman, F Joseph ^a   Gatliffe, Thomas R ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES   (United States)

^b Rocky Flats Environ Technology Site   (United States)

Author keywords

Beryllium; Exposure; Health; Sensitization; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; BERYLLIOSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIZATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BERYLLIOSIS; BERYLLIUM; COLORADO; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; NUCLEAR WARFARE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK;

EID: 0035129865     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220118317     Document Type: Article

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