Beryllium Detection in Human Lung Tissue using Electron Probe X-Ray Microanalysis

Modern Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1171-1177

  Butnor, Kelly J ^a,d   Sporn, Thomas A ^b   Ingram, Peter ^b   Gunasegaram, Sue ^c   Pinto, John F ^c   Roggli, Victor L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c St Rose Dominican Hospitals   (United States)

^d FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric thin window energy dispersive X ray analysis; Beryllium; Chronic berylliosis; Sarcoidosis; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; BERYLLIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BERYLLIOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYSPNEA; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INHALATION; LUNG GRANULOMA; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SARCOIDOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

ADULT; BERYLLIUM; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0242607579     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MP.0000094090.90571.ED     Document Type: Article

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