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
Background: Nuclear and conventional weapons industry workers are at risk for exposures to beryllium, asbestos, high explosives and barium, all of which are implicated in the pathogenesis of pneumoconiosis. Beryllium has also been shown to cause sensitization (BeS) carrying a risk of progression to...
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University of Iowa
2011
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| Online Access: | https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1027 https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2412&context=etd |