Document ID (ISN) | 55906 |
CIS number |
91-928 |
ISBN(s) |
92-4-157106-3 |
Year |
1990 |
Convention or series no. |
Environmental Health Criteria 106
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Author(s) |
International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) |
Title |
Beryllium |
Bibliographic information |
World Health Organization, Distribution and Sales Service, 1211 Genève 27, Switzerland, 1990. 210p. Bibl. Price: CHF 23.00; CHF 16.10 (for developing countries). |
Abstract |
Data from several epidemiological studies lead to the conclusion that beryllium is the most likely cause of excess lung cancer observed in exposed workers. Cases of acute beryllium disease, resulting in nasopharyngitis, bronchitis and severe chemical pneumonitis, have drastically decreased, and today may only occur as a consequence of failures in control measures. Chronic beryllium disease differs from the acute form in having a latent period of several weeks to more than 20yrs; main effects affect the lung. Direct contact with soluble beryllium compounds causes contact dermatitis and possibly conjunctivitis. General population exposure is mainly confined to low levels of airborne beryllium from the combustion of fossil fuels. Detailed summaries in French and Spanish. |
Descriptors (primary) |
IPCS; WHO; environmental pollution; toxicology; hazard evaluation; beryllium |
Descriptors (secondary) |
toxic effects; literature survey; ILO; UNEP; bronchitis; criteria document; lung cancer; eczema; berylliosis; conjunctivitis; chemical pneumonitis |
Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
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Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
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Browse category(ies) |
Inorganic substances Environmental pollution Risk evaluation
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