Environmental and health consequences of depleted uranium use in the 1991 Gulf War

Environment International

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 123-134

  Bem, Henryk ^a   Bou Rabee, Firyal ^b  

^a LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Depleted uranium; Uranium radiotoxicity; Uranium safety standards

Indexed keywords

HEALTH HAZARDS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SOILS; TOXICITY;

DUST CONCENTRATIONS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS;

URANIUM;

RADIOISOTOPE; URANIUM 235; URANIUM DERIVATIVE;

HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; URANIUM; WAR;

AIR POLLUTION; BONE CANCER; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; CARCINOGENICITY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERNET; KUWAIT; LEUKEMIA; MUTAGENICITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE SOIL;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAQ; KUWAIT [KUWAIT (NTN)]; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 0742285367     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(03)00151-X     Document Type: Review

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