Summary of historical beryllium uses and airborne concentration levels at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 708-715

  Stefaniak, Aleksandr B ^a   Weaver, Virginia M ^a   Cadorette, Maureen ^a   Puckett, Leslie G ^b   Schwartz, Brian S ^a   Wiggs, Laurie D ^b   Jankowski, Mark D ^b   Breysse, Patrick N ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic Beryllium Disease; Historical Exposure; Machining

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAPER INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BERYLLIOSIS; BERYLLIUM; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MASS SCREENING; NEW MEXICO; NUCLEAR FISSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 0042693089     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220301381     Document Type: Article

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