Efficacy of a Program to Prevent Beryllium Sensitization among New Employees at a Copper-Beryllium Alloy Processing Facility
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Chronic Beryllium Disease and Sensitization at a Beryllium Processing Facility
We conducted a medical screening for beryllium disease of 577 former workers from a beryllium processing facility. The screening included a medical and work history questionnaire, a chest radiograph, and blood lymphocyte proliferation testing for beryllium. A task exposure and a job exposure matrix were constructed to examine the association between exposure to beryllium and the development of ...
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متن کاملSensitization and chronic beryllium disease among workers in copper-beryllium distribution centers.
OBJECTIVE Little is known about the risk of sensitization and chronic beryllium disease (CBD) among workers performing limited processing of copper-beryllium alloys downstream of the primary beryllium industry. In this study, we performed a cross-sectional survey of employees at three copper-beryllium alloy distribution centers. METHODS One hundred workers were invited to be tested for beryll...
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عنوان ژورنال: Public Health Reports
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0033-3549,1468-2877
DOI: 10.1177/00333549091244s113