Many metals are essential for living organisms, but at higher doses they may be toxic and
carcinogenic. Metal exposure occurs mainly in occupational settings and environmental …

Beryllium is an important industrial metal because of its unusual material properties: it is
lighter than aluminum and six times stronger than steel. Often alloyed with other metals such …

Objective To determine human leucocyte antigen-class II (HLA-class II)(DRB1, DQB1, DQA1
and DPB1) alleles, haplotypes and shared epitopes associated with scleroderma (systemic …

Interest is increasing in the role of variations in the human genome (polymorphisms) in
modifying the effect of exposures to environmental health hazards (often referred to as gene …

Chronic beryllium disease results from beryllium exposure in the workplace and is
characterized by CD4+ T cell-mediated inflammation in the lung. Susceptibility to this …

Fine particulate air pollutants, mainly their organic fraction, have been demonstrated to be
associated with cardiovascular and respiratory health problems. Puerto Rico has been …

The lack of knowledge about the earliest events in disease development is due to the multi-
factorial nature of disease risk. This information gap is the consequence of the lack of …

Responsive photonic hydrogels functionalized with crown ether molecules containing the
smallest cavities are designed for the detection of the smallest metal ion–beryllium ion …

Pneumoconioses are still a common cause of chronic lung disease. In industrialized
countries, improvements in working conditions and dust control measures have led to a …

Sarcoidosis is an immune‐mediated, multiorgan, granulomatous disorder thought to be
triggered by an intricate combination of environmental and genetic factors. Two robust lines …