Chemical and histological assessment of depleted uranium in tissues and biological fluids

Depleted Uranium: Properties, Uses, and Health Consequences

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 85-104

  Todorov, Todor I ^a   Ejnik, John W ^b   Mullick, Florabel G ^a   Centeno, José A ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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