Published December 2000 | Version v1
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

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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