Military deployment human exposure assessment: Urine total and isotopic uranium sampling results

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 67, Issue 8-10, 2004, Pages 697-714

  May, Major Lisa M ^a   Heller, Jack ^b   Kalinsky, Victor ^c   Ejnik, John ^c   Cordero, Steve ^c   Oberbroekling, Kristi J ^c   Long, Thuy T ^c   Meakim, Kathryne C E ^c   Cruess, David ^a   Lee, Arthur P ^b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; URANIUM;

ADULT; ARMY; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLDIER; UNITED NATIONS; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; URANIUM; URINALYSIS;

EID: 11144358232     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390490428189     Document Type: Conference Paper

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