Assessment of the beryllium lymphocyte proliferation test using statistical process control

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 901-910

  Cher, Daniel ^a,c   Deubner, David ^b   Kelsh, Michael ^a   Chapman, Pamela ^a,d   Ray, Rose ^a  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b Brush Wellman Inc North America   (United States)

^c Kyphon Inc   (United States)

^d CARDNO CHEMRISK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM;

ARTICLE; BERYLLIOSIS; BERYLLIUM LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION TEST; BIOASSAY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG SENSITIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS CONTROL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE; AIR POLLUTANT; DRUG EFFECT; EXPOSURE; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IMMUNOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BERYLLIOSIS; BERYLLIUM; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS;

EID: 33746799305     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370600822631     Document Type: Article

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