Low prevalence of chronic beryllium disease among workers at a nuclear weapons research and development facility

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 647-652

  Arjomandi, Mehrdad ^a   Seward, James ^b   Gotway, Michael B ^a,e   Nishimura, Stephen ^c   Fulton, George P ^b   Thundiyil, Josef ^a,f   King, Talmadge E ^a   Harber, Philip ^d   Balmes, John R ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Scottsdale Medical Imaging   (United States)

^f ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; BERYLLIOSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; WORKER; CHRONIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BERYLLIOSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954034689     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181e36439     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Sawyer RT, Maier LA, Kittle LA, Newman LS. Chronic beryllium disease: a model interaction between innate and acquired immunity. Int Immunopharmacol. 2002;2:249-261.
2. Rossman MD, Kreider ME. Is chronic beryllium disease sarcoidosis of known etiology? Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis. 2003;20:104-109.
3. Newman LS, Kreiss K, King TE Jr, Seay S, Campbell PA. Pathologic and immunologic alterations in early stages of beryllium disease. Re-examination of disease definition and natural history. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1989;139: 1479-1486. (Pubitemid 19155510)
4. Maier LA. Beryllium health effects in the era of the beryllium lymphocyte proliferation test. Appl Occup Environ Hyg. 2001;16:514-520.
5. Freiman DG, Hardy HL. Beryllium disease. The relation of pulmonary pathology to clinical course and prognosis based on a study of 130 cases from the U.S. beryllium case registry. Hum Pathol. 1970;1:25-44.
6. Newman LS, Lloyd J, Daniloff E. The natural history of beryllium sensitization and chronic beryllium disease. Environ Health Perspect. 1996; 104(Suppl 5):937-943.
7. Kreiss K, Newman LS, Mroz MM, Campbell PA. Screening blood test identifies subclinical beryllium disease. J Occup Med. 1989;31:603-608.
8. Welch L, Ringen K, Bingham E, et al. Screening for beryllium disease among construction trade workers at Department of Energy nuclear sites. Am J Ind Med. 2004;46:207-218.
9. Kreiss K, Mroz MM, Zhen B, Martyny JW, Newman LS. Epidemiology of beryllium sensitization and disease in nuclear workers. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1993;148(4 Pt 1):985-991.
10. Kreiss K, Wasserman S, Mroz MM, Newman LS. Beryllium disease screening in the ceramics industry. Blood lymphocyte test performance and exposure-disease relations. J Occup Med. 1993;35:267-274.
11. Henneberger PK, Cumro D, Deubner DD, Kent MS, McCawley M, Kreiss K. Beryllium sensitization and disease among long-term and short-term workers in a beryllium ceramics plant. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2001;74:167-176.
12. Kreiss K, Mroz MM, Newman LS, Martyny J, Zhen B. Machining risk of beryllium disease and sensitization with median exposures below 2 micrograms/ m3. Am J Ind Med. 1996;30:16-25.
13. Newman LS, Mroz MM, Maier LA, Daniloff EM, Balkissoon R. Efficacy of serial medical surveillance for chronic beryllium disease in a beryllium machining plant. J Occup Environ Med. 2001;43:231-237.
14. Stange AW, Hilmas DE, Furman FJ, Gatliffe TR. Beryllium sensitization and chronic beryllium disease at a former nuclear weapons facility. Appl Occup Environ Hyg. 2001;16:405-417.
15. Newman LS, Mroz MM, Balkissoon R, Maier LA. Beryllium sensitization progresses to chronic beryllium disease: a longitudinal study of disease risk. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2005;171:54-60.
16. Cullen MR. Screening for chronic beryllium disease: one hurdle down, two to go. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2005;171:3-4.
17. Gotway MB, Freemer MM, King TE Jr. Challenges in pulmonary fibrosis. 1: use of high resolution CT scanning of the lung for the evaluation of patients with idiopathic interstitial pneumonias. Thorax. 2007;62:546-553.
18. Gotway MB, Reddy GP, Webb WR, Elicker BM, Leung JW. High-resolution CT of the lung: patterns of disease and differential diagnoses. Radiol Clin North Am. 2005;43:513-542, viii.
19. Sackett HM, Maier LA, Silveira LJ, et al. Beryllium medical surveillance at a former nuclear weapons facility during cleanup operations. J Occup Environ Med. 2004;46:953-961.