"disease" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Officials estimate that 500 to 1,000 people have beryllium disease or will develop it.
- Like all beryllium compounds, BeO is carcinogenic and may cause chronic beryllium disease.
- Craig Hall, 51, an electrician at Hanford for 23 years, says he was the first to receive the chronic beryllium disease diagnosis.
- Hansen died of beryllium disease in 1949 as a result of exposure to beryllium oxide (BeO).
- Between 1% and 15% of people are sensitive to beryllium and may develop an inflammatory reaction in their respiratory system and skin, called chronic beryllium disease.
- If beryllium concentrations in air are high enough (greater than 100 g/m), an acute condition can result, called acute beryllium disease, which resembles pneumonia.
- The more common serious health problem from beryllium today is chronic beryllium disease (CBD), discussed below.
- The symptoms of acute beryllium disease are non-specific, resembling other inhalational injuries, viral infections, or pneumonia.
- There is no specific diagnostic test for acute beryllium disease.
- Beryllium is a toxic metal that can cause immune sensitization, chronic beryllium disease, and cancer, with effects occurring in some people at very low levels of exposure.
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