Beryllium sensitization and lung function among former workers at the Nevada Test Site

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 512-523

  Rodrigues, Ema G ^a   McClean, Michael D ^a   Weinberg, Janice ^a   Pepper, Lewis D ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Beryllium; Beryllium sensitization; Medical screening; Nevada Test Site; Principal components analysis

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIZATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; WORKER;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BERYLLIOSIS; BERYLLIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MASS CHEST X-RAY; MIDDLE AGED; NEVADA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK;

EID: 45249083441     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20585     Document Type: Article

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