A reconsideration of acute beryllium disease

KJ Cummings, AB Stefaniak, MA Virji… - Environmental health …, 2009 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Context Although chronic beryllium disease (CBD) is clearly an immune-mediated
granulomatous reaction to beryllium, acute beryllium disease (ABD) is commonly …

Emission of particulate matter from a desktop three-dimensional (3D) printer

J Yi, RF LeBouf, MG Duling, T Nurkiewicz… - Journal of Toxicology …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Desktop three-dimensional (3D) printers are becoming commonplace in
business offices, public libraries, university labs and classrooms, and even private homes; …

Characterization of chemical contaminants generated by a desktop fused deposition modeling 3-dimensional printer

AB Stefaniak, RF LeBouf, J Yi, J Ham… - … of occupational and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Printing devices are known to emit chemicals into the indoor atmosphere. Understanding
factors that influence release of chemical contaminants from printers is necessary to develop …

Characterization of exposures to nanoscale particles and fibers during solid core drilling of hybrid carbon nanotube advanced composites

D Bello, BL Wardle, J Zhang, N Yamamoto… - … of occupational and …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
This work investigated exposures to nanoparticles and nanofibers during solid core drilling
of two types of advanced carbon nanotube (CNT)-hybrid composites:(1) reinforced plastic …

Dermal exposure potential from textiles that contain silver nanoparticles

…, RF LeBouf, EE Wade, M Abbas Virji - … of occupational and …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Factors that influence exposure to silver particles from the use of textiles are
not well understood. Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of …

Exposures and cross-shift lung function declines in wildland firefighters

DM Gaughan, CA Piacitelli, BT Chen… - … of occupational and …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Respiratory problems are common among wildland firefighters. However, there are few
studies directly linking occupational exposures to respiratory effects in this population. Our …

Characterization of cleaning and disinfecting tasks and product use among hospital occupations

R Saito, MA Virji, PK Henneberger… - American journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background Healthcare workers have an elevated prevalence of asthma and related
symptoms associated with the use of cleaning/disinfecting products. The objective of this …

Towards sustainable additive manufacturing: The need for awareness of particle and vapor releases during polymer recycling, making filament, and fused filament …

AB Stefaniak, LN Bowers, G Cottrell, E Erdem… - Resources …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fused filament fabrication three-dimensional (FFF 3-D) printing is thought to be
environmentally sustainable; however, significant amounts of waste can be generated from …

Three‐dimensional printing with nano‐enabled filaments releases polymer particles containing carbon nanotubes into air

AB Stefaniak, LN Bowers, AK Knepp, MA Virji… - Indoor …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Fused deposition modeling (FDM™) 3‐dimensional printing uses polymer filament to build
objects. Some polymer filaments are formulated with additives, though it is unknown if they …

Respirable indium exposures, plasma indium, and respiratory health among indium‐tin oxide (ITO) workers

KJ Cummings, MA Virji, JY Park… - American journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background Workers manufacturing indium‐tin oxide (ITO) are at risk of elevated indium
concentration in blood and indium lung disease, but relationships between respirable …