Review of toxicologic and radiologic risks to military personnel from exposure to depleted uranium during and after combat /

Since the 1980s, the U.S. military has used depleted uranium in munitions and in protective armor on tanks. Depleted uranium is a toxic heavy metal and is weakly radioactive. Concerns have been raised about the adverse health effects from exposure to depleted uranium that is aerosolized during comba...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Toxicologic and Radiologic Effects from Exposure to Depleted Uranium During and After Combat, National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, 2008.
Temas:
United States. > Army > Weapons systems.
United States. > Army > Sanitary affairs.
États-Unis. > Army > Systèmes d'armes.
United States. > Army
Depleted uranium > Health aspects.
Depleted uranium > Environmental aspects.
Projectiles.
Tank warfare > Health aspects.
Depleted uranium > Military applications.
Chemical warfare.
Risk assessment.
Uranium > radiation effects
Chemical Warfare
Military Personnel
Risk Assessment
Uranium appauvri > Aspect de l'environnement.
Uranium appauvri > Applications militaires.
Guerre chimique.
Évaluation du risque.
risk assessment.
Risk assessment
Chemical warfare
Armed Forces > Sanitary affairs
Armed Forces > Weapons systems
Depleted uranium > Military applications
Projectiles
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Since the 1980s, the U.S. military has used depleted uranium in munitions and in protective armor on tanks. Depleted uranium is a toxic heavy metal and is weakly radioactive. Concerns have been raised about the adverse health effects from exposure to depleted uranium that is aerosolized during combat. Some think it may be responsible for illnesses in exposed veterans and civilians. These concerns led the Army to commission a book, Depleted Uranium Aerosol Doses and Risks: Summary of U.S. Assessments, referred to as the Capstone Report that evaluates the health risks associated with depleted uranium exposure. This National Research Council book reviews the toxicologic, radiologic, epidemiologic, and toxicokinetic data on depleted uranium, and assesses the Army's estimates of health risks to personnel exposed during and after combat. The book recommends that the Army re-evaluate the basis for some of its predictions about health outcomes at low levels of exposure, but, overall, the Capstone Report was judged to provide a reasonable characterization of the exposure and risks from depleted uranium.
Notas:Title from title screen (viewed February 11, 2008).
Descripción Física:1 online resource ([158] pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:0309110378
9780309110372
1281726788
9781281726780

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