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... . The first is to provide a review of the scientific literature on beryllium, and the second will expand more critically on the review in considering the maximum chronic inhalation exposure levels that are unlikely to produce adverse health effects, in estimating carcinogenic risks, and in providing guidance on testing methods for surveillance and monitoring of worker populations and other specific issues detailed in the statement of task.
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... In its second report, the committee will estimate chronic inhalation exposure levels for military personnel and civilian contractor workers that are unlikely to produce adverse health effects. The committee will provide carcinogenic risk estimates for various inhalation exposure levels.
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... Screening of healthy exposed workers with the BeLPT has also enabled the detection of beryllium sensitization in asymptomatic workers and earlier diagnosis of CBD. In its second report, the committee will discuss aspects of the use of the BeLPT in routine surveillance and medical monitoring, including the value of the BeLPT in predicting CBD, protocols for further followup tests after a positive BeLPT result, the likelihood of developing CBD after a true positive test, and a standardized method for achieving consistent test results in different laboratories.
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... After the cancer classifications were formed, critiques and alternative analyses of the epidemiologic investigations took place. In its second report, the committee will consider the collective evidence in determining whether any of the available studies are appropriate for establishing carcinogenic risk estimates.
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Key Terms

  • beryllium disease
  • exposure levels
  • inhalation exposure
  • lymphocyte proliferation
  • beryllium lymphocyte

  • acute beryllium
  • beryllium sensitization
  • positive belpt
  • true positive
  • chronic inhalation

  • positive test
  • proliferation test
  • risk estimates
  • beryllium alloy
  • chronic beryllium

  • belpt result
  • specific tests
  • developing cbd
  • workers exposed
  • predicting cbd

  • achieving consistent
  • carcinogenic risk
  • worker surveillance
  • consistent test
  • produce adverse

  • particle size
  • followup tests
  • epidemiologic studies
  • genetic susceptibility
  • peripheral blood


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