Depleted uranium dust from fired munitions: Physical, chemical and biological properties

Health Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-67

  Mitchel, R E J ^a   Sunder, S ^a  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health effects; Inhalation; Uranium, depleted; Weapons

Indexed keywords

URANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG; MALE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOKINETICS; URINE LEVEL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; DUST; FIREARMS; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOMETRY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; URANIUM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2942648628     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200407000-00007     Document Type: Article

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