"Beryllium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An element with the atomic symbol Be, atomic number 4, and atomic weight 9.01218. Short exposure to this element can lead to a type of poisoning known as BERYLLIOSIS.
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D001608
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.268.552.075 D01.268.557.080 D01.552.547.080
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Beryllium" by people in Profiles.
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Thermal Neutron Characterization and Dose Modeling of a 239PuBe Alpha-Neutron Source. Health Phys. 2019 12; 117(6):669-679.
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Chronic Beryllium Disease: revealing the role of beryllium ion and small peptides binding to HLA-DP2. PLoS One. 2014; 9(11):e111604.
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Tumor necrosis factor alpha gene expression in human monocytic THP-1 cells exposed to beryllium. Arch Environ Health. 1996 Jan-Feb; 51(1):29-33.