Embedded fragments from U.S. military personnel-chemical analysis and potential health implications

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1261-1278

  Centeno, José A ^a   Rogers, Duane A ^a   van der Voet, Gijsbert B ^a   Fornero, Elisa ^a   Zhang, Elisa Fornero Lingsu ^a   Mullick, Florabel G ^a   Chapman, Gail D ^b   Olabisi, Ayodele O ^b   Wagner, Dean J ^b   Stojadinovic, Alexander ^c   Potter, Benjamin K ^c  

^a JOINT PATHOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^b WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal laser raman microspectroscopy (CLRM); Depleted uranium (DU); Elemental analysis; Explosively formed projectile (EFP); Heavy metal tungsten alloys (HMTA); Improvised explosive device (IED); Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP MS); Lead (Pb); Metal fragments; Scanning electron microscopy energy dispersive X ray analysis (SEM EDXA); Tungsten; X ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF)

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; NICKEL; TITANIUM; TUNGSTEN; URANIUM;

ALLOY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TUNGSTEN; URANIUM; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONFOCAL LASER RAMAN MICROSPECTROSCOPY; DEPLETION; EMBEDDED FRAGMENT; FOREIGN BODY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER ABLATION INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SOLDIER; SPECTROSCOPY; URANIUM DEPLETION; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; CASE REPORT; PATHOLOGY; REGISTER; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; REGISTRIES; TUNGSTEN; URANIUM; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893602371     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110201261     Document Type: Article

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