Chronic beryllium disease among dental technicians in Israel

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 215-221

  Fireman, Elisabeth ^a,b   Kramer, Mordechai R ^a   Priel, Israel ^a   Lerman, Yehuda ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Beryllium; Dental technicians; Exposure; Induced sputum

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BERYLLIOSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISRAEL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; BERYLLIOSIS; BERYLLIUM; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENTAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SPUTUM; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 35348985920     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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