Epidemiology of beryllium sensitization and pneumoconiosis in the population of former nuclear weapons workers and current and former conventional munitions workers from the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (IAAAP) in Burlington, Iowa
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Risk of beryllium sensitization in a low-exposed former nuclear weapons cohort from the Cold War era.
BACKGROUND The nuclear weapons industry has long been known as a source of beryllium exposure. METHODS A total of 1,004 former workers from a nuclear weapons assembly site in the Midwest were screened for sensitization to beryllium (BeS). The screenings were part of the Department of Energy (DOE) Former Worker Program established in 1996. RESULTS Twenty-three (2.3%) workers were found sensi...
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تاریخ انتشار 2011