Depleted uranium (DU ) - Chemo- and radiotoxicity

Uranium in the Environment: Mining Impact and Consequences

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 165-174

  Schott, Albrecht ^a   Brand, Richard A ^b   Kaiser, Joachim ^c   Schmidt, Dietmar ^d  

^a World Depleted Uranium Center Berlin   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c World Depleted Uranium Centre WODUC EV   (Germany)

^d World Depleted Uranium Centre WODUC EV   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CHROMOSOMES; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; RADIATION CHEMISTRY;

ALPHA RADIATION; DEPLETED URANIUM; GULF WAR; LIVING ORGANISMS; OXIDE PARTICLES; PILOT STUDIES; RADIOTOXICITY;

URANIUM;

EID: 84879166636     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-28367-6_16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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