Long term depleted uranium exposure in Gulf War I veterans does not cause elevated numbers of micronuclei in peripheral blood lymphocytes

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 720, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 53-57

  Bakhmutsky, M V ^a   Oliver, M S ^b   McDiarmid, M A ^b   Squibb, K S ^b   Tucker, J D ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depleted uranium; Gulf War I; Human radiation exposure; Micronuclei; Peripheral blood lymphocytes; Veterans

Indexed keywords

URANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BODY BURDEN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOKINESIS; HUMAN; INHALATION; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; BODY BURDEN; GULF WAR; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; URANIUM; VETERANS;

EID: 79451472197     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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