Published December 2000
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Journal article
Toxicological issues after depleted uranium weapons attacked
Creators
- 1. Academy of Military Medicine Science, Beijing (China). Inst. of Radiation Medicine
Description
Depleted Uranium (DU) is a byproduct of the uranium enrichment for producing nuclear reactor or nuclear weapon. DU is used in the military as an armor-piercing projectile due to its hardness, strength, and density. A lot of DU weapons were fired in the Gulf War, and bring about critical environmental and internal contamination. Therefore, DU becomes suddenly a hot issue. Some toxicological problems after DU weapons attacked have been reviewed, which include features of internal DU contamination. Hazard of wound contamination and inhalation with insoluble uranium, and other urgent toxicological issues. The healthy effects of implanted with depleted uranium pellets were illustrated in particular
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Foreign Medical Sciences. Section of Radiation Medicine and Nuclear Medicine
- Journal Volume
- 24
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Journal Page Range
- p. 272-275
- ISSN
- 1001-098X
INIS
- Country of Publication
- China
- Country of Input or Organization
- China
- INIS RN
- 32040207
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CARCINOGENESIS; DEPLETED URANIUM; HUMAN POPULATIONS; INHALATION; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIATION INJURIES; TOXICITY
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDES; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; DISEASES; ELEMENTS; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; INJURIES; INTAKE; METALS; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATIONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; URANIUM