Chronic Beryllium Disease: Risk from Low-Level Exposure

From: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | Date: May 1, 2008| Author: Welch, Laura S; Redlich, Carrie A | Copyright information

Beryllium, a valuable metal used in a number of different industries such as aerospace, manufacturing, and electronics, can cause chronic beryllium disease (CBD), a systemic CD4^sup +^ T-cell-mediated granulomatous disease that predominantly affects the lungs. In this issue of the Journal (pp. 1012-1017), Maier and colleagues describe a series of cases of CBD diagnosed between 1972 and 2002 among residents of a community surrounding a beryllium manufacturing facility (1). The authors identifi...

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