Surveillance for long-term health effects associated with depleted uranium exposure and retained embedded fragments in US Veterans

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 724-732

  Squibb, Katherine S ^a,b   Gaitens, Joanna M ^a,b   Engelhardt, Susan ^a   Centeno, Jose A ^c   Xu, Hanna ^c   Gray, Patrick ^c   McDiarmid, Melissa A ^a,b  

^a BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c Malcolm Grow Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TISSUE REACTION; URINALYSIS; VETERAN;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TIME; URANIUM; VETERANS; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84862545166     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31824fe138     Document Type: Article

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