Surveillance results of depleted uranium-exposed Gulf War I veterans: Sixteen years of follow-up

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-29

  McDiarmid, M A ^a,b   Engelhardt, S M ^b,e   Dorsey, C D ^a,b   Oliver, M ^a,b   Gucer, P ^a,b   Wilson, P D ^a   Kane, R ^a,b   Cernich, A ^a,b   Kaup, B ^a,b   Anderson, L ^a   Hoover, D ^a   Brown, L ^a,b   Albertini, R ^c   Gudi, R ^d   Squibb, K S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Vermont   (United States)

^d BioReliance   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CREATININE; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; URANIUM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BONE METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OSSIFICATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; VETERAN;

ADULT; BALTIMORE; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; BONE AND BONES; BONE RESORPTION; GULF WAR; HUMANS; KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REPRODUCTION; URANIUM; VETERANS;

EID: 55449118254     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390802445400     Document Type: Article

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