Examination of the health status of populations from depleted-uranium- contaminated regions

Environmental Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 2-10

  Milačić, Snežana ^a,b   Petrović, Dragana ^b   Jovičić, Dubravka ^b   Kovačević, Radomir ^b   Simić, Jadranko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Institute of Occupational Medicine and Radiological Protection   (Serbia)

^c South East Europe Consultants ^*  (Serbia)

Author keywords

Blood cells; Chromosomal aberration; Contaminated areas; Depleted uranium

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; LEUKOCYTE ENZYME; URANIUM 238;

CONTAMINATED LAND; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; URANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CELL DAMAGE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GIEMSA STAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MITOSIS; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS; YUGOSLAVIA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 1842507407     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2003.12.006     Document Type: Article

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