Search for chronic Beryllium disease among sarcoidosis patients in Ontario, Canada

Lung

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 233-241

  Ribeiro, Marcos ^a,b,g   Fritscher, Leandro G ^a   Al Musaed, Ahmed M ^c   Balter, Meyer S ^a   Hoffstein, Victor ^a   Mazer, Bruce D ^d,e   Maier, Lisa A ^f   Liss, Gary M ^c   Tarlo, Susan M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beryllium; Beryllium lymphocyte proliferation test; Chronic beryllium disease; Medical surveillance; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BERYLLIOSIS; CANADA; DUST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; FUME; HUMAN; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BERYLLIOSIS; BERYLLIUM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONTARIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 79959863732     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: 14321750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00408-011-9285-4     Document Type: Article

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