Depleted uranium contamination by inhalation exposure and its detection after ∼ 20 years: Implications for human health assessment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 390, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-68

  Parrish, Randall R ^a,b   Horstwood, Matthew ^b   Arnason, John G ^c   Chenery, Simon ^b   Brewer, Tim ^a   Lloyd, Nicholas S ^a,b   Carpenter, David O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol exposure; Depleted uranium; DU; Environmental contamination; Gulf War Illness; ICP MS; Inhalation; Mass spectrometry; New York; Urine

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; HEALTH CARE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AEROSOL EXPOSURE; DEPLETED URANIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; GULF WAR ILLNESS; INHALATION; URINARY EXCRETION;

URANIUM;

DRINKING WATER; ISOTOPE; URANIUM;

AEROSOL; DETECTION METHOD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; NEW YORK; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; URANIUM; WATER SUPPLY;

COLONIE; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36549082925     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.09.044     Document Type: Article

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