Meanings of chronic beryllium in English

This article discusses exposure-response relationships for lung cancer and chronic beryllium disease.

Long-term exposure, even in minute amounts, can result in chronic beryllium disease, mainly affecting the lungs.

Blood and bronchoalveolar lavage lymphocyte transformation tests, measuring the beryllium-specific cellular immune response, were abnormal, confirming a diagnosis of chronic beryllium disease.

Conclusions: Unlike an earlier report, there was no association between these specific TNF-alpha alleles and either chronic beryllium disease or sensitization to beryllium.

We conclude that the peripheral blood lymphocyte transformation test may prove useful in preventing clinical chronic beryllium disease by early diagnosis in a subclinical phase.

A 40 year old woman suffered from respiratory insufficiency (arterial PaO2 = 47 mmHg) because of a chronic beryllium intoxication.

Chronic beryllium disease continues to occur in the nonoccupational setting and among bystanders in industry, masquerading as sarcoidosis.

Chronic beryllium disease (CBD) is caused by exposure to beryllium in the workplace, and it remains an important public health concern.