Estimates of radiological risk from depleted uranium weapons in war scenarios

Health Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 14-20

  Durante, M ^a   Pugliese, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contamination, environmental; Risk analysis; Uranium, depleted; Weapons

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC WARFARE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; LEACHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0036133642     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200201000-00004     Document Type: Article

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