CURRENT CONCEPTS OF BERYLLIUM POISONING
Authors: H S VAN ORDSTRAND
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1951)

Article1 December 1951CURRENT CONCEPTS OF BERYLLIUM POISONINGH. S. VAN ORDSTRAND, M.D., F.A.C.P.H. S. VAN ORDSTRAND, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-35-6-1203 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe first major reports of industrial hazards and diseases were made about 40 years ago. It was soon realized that the field would become a large one and that unusual causes and lesions necessarily would be discovered. Beryllium poisoning is one of the newer occupational diseases. It is of particular interest to internists because of its multiple manifestations. There is much to suggest that it is of systemic involvement rather than a source productive of only dermal and pulmonary lesions. 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