Longitudinal health surveillance in a cohort of gulf war veterans 18 years after first exposure to depleted uranium

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

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 678-691

  McDiarmid, M A ^a,b   Engelhardt, S M ^b   Dorsey, C D ^a,b   Oliver, M ^a,b   Gucer, P ^a,b   Gaitens, J M ^a,b   Kane, R ^a   Cernich, A ^b   Kaup, B ^a,b   Hoover, D ^a   Gaspari, A A ^a   Shvartsbeyn, M ^a   Brown, L ^a,b   Squibb, K S ^a,b  

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

^b BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM; CREATININE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; SODIUM; URANIUM;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; BONE METABOLISM; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOLYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM EXCRETION; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE AND BONES; CREATININE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GULF WAR; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; URANIUM; VETERANS; WEAPONS; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 79953039594     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2011.539138     Document Type: Article

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