Depleted uranium: An overview of its properties and health effects

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 432-439

  Shawky, S ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; URANIUM;

ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; METABOLIC DISORDER; POLLUTION; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; REVIEW;

ALPHA PARTICLES; BETA RAYS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URANIUM; WAR;

EID: 4444244931     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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