Screening for Exposure to Beryllium Among US Veterans With a Diagnosis of Sarcoidosis, 2002-2020

Affiliations

¹ Medical Service, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, San Francisco, CA; Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Electronic address: SEEDAHME@pitt.edu.
² Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
³ Medical Service, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, San Francisco, CA; Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Measurement Science Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, San Francisco, CA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
⁵ Medical Service, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, San Francisco, CA; Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.

Mohamed I Seedahmed et al. Chest. 2023 Nov.

. 2023 Nov;164(5):1253-1256.

doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.05.034. Epub 2023 Jun 17.

¹ Medical Service, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, San Francisco, CA; Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Electronic address: SEEDAHME@pitt.edu.
² Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
³ Medical Service, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, San Francisco, CA; Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Measurement Science Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, San Francisco, CA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
⁵ Medical Service, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, San Francisco, CA; Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.

No abstract available

Comment in

Sarcoidosis in the Military May Be Chronic Beryllium Disease.
Maier LA, Mroz MM, Lin N, Mayer A, Barker E. Maier LA, et al. Chest. 2024 Jan;165(1):e25. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.07.4221. Chest. 2024. PMID: 38199744 No abstract available.

1. Statement on sarcoidosis. Joint Statement of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the World Association of Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Disorders (WASOG) adopted by the ATS Board of Directors and by the ERS Executive Committee, February 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1999;160(2):736–755. - PubMed
1. Crouser E.D., Maier L.A., Wilson K.C., et al. Diagnosis and detection of sarcoidosis. An official American Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020;201(8):e26–e51. - PMC - PubMed
1. Blanc P.D., Annesi-Maesano I., Balmes J.R., et al. The occupational burden of nonmalignant respiratory diseases. An official American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society statement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019;199(11):1312–1334. - PMC - PubMed
1. Tinkle S.S., Antonini J.M., Rich B.A., et al. Skin as a route of exposure and sensitization in chronic beryllium disease. Environ Health Perspect. 2003;111(9):1202–1208. - PMC - PubMed
1. Fireman E., Shai A.B., Lerman Y., et al. Chest wall shrapnel-induced beryllium-sensitization and associated pulmonary disease. Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis. 2012;29(2):147–150. - PMC - PubMed