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Beryllium poisoning
Beryllium
poisoning
is poisoning by the
toxic effects
of
beryllium
, or more usually its
compounds
.
It takes two
forms:
Acute beryllium poisoning
, usually as a result of
exposure
to
soluble
beryllium
salts
Chronic beryllium disease
or
berylliosis
, usually as a result of
long-term
exposure to
beryllium oxide
usually
caused
by
inhalation
.