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Establishment of an animal model to evaluate the biological effects of intramuscularly embedded depleted uranium fragments /

During the Persian Gulf War, 36 U.S. soldiers were wounded by depleted uranium (DU) munitions. Based on medical guidelines for conventional shrapnel injuries (nonradioactive), many DU fragments were left in soldiers. Unfortunately, health risks associated with embedded DU were unknown, and an animal...

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Corporate Author: Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (U.S.)
Other Authors: Castro, Carl Andrew
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: Bethesda, Md. : Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, [1996]
Series:AFRRI technical report ; 96-3.
Subjects:
Radiobiology.
Weapons Effects(biological)
Radioactiv, Radioactive Wastes & Fission Prod.
Health.
Wounds and injuries.
Weapons effects.
Depleted uranium.
Bullet wounds.
Ammunition fragments.
Risk.
Rats.
Persian gulf.
Army personnel.
Parameters.
Water.
Medicine.
Military medicine.
Embedding.
Pellets.
Animals.
Physiology.
Consumption.
Behavior.
Instructions.
Response(biology)
Surgery.
Food.
Uranium.
Fragments.
Urine.
Locomotion.
Radioactivity > Toxicology > United States.
Uranium > Toxicology > United States.
SHARPNEL INJURIES
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