title: Beryllium and other metal-induced lung disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Metals can cause disease of the upper and lower respiratory tract that mirror disease due to other causes, such as asthma, rhinosinusitis, acute bronchitis, chronic bronchitis, acute pneumonitis, bronchogenic carcinoma, and interstitial lung disease. This article will describe some uncommon and unique lung diseases that can be induced by metals.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our understanding of old occupational lung diseases, such as chronic beryllium disease, continues to increase. New exposures in the workplace, such as indium, have been identified as novel occupational hazards. New forms of exposure, such as titanium dioxide nanoparticles, create risk of lung disease that is not seen with larger particles.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Knowledge of several unusual and/or unique occupational lung diseases should prompt questioning about a patient's occupational history, which may uncover an occupational, rather than an idiopathic, lung disease.
authors.affiliation: aNational Jewish Health, Denver bColorado School of Public Health cSchool of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
authors.forename: Annyce
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.forename: Nabeel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hamzeh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001607:Berylliosis; D001608:Beryllium / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D016273:Occupational Exposure
chemical_list: D001608:Beryllium