Gulf War and health : updated literature review of depleted uranium /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Gulf War and Health: Updated Literature Review of Depleted Uranium
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2008.
Temas:
1991
Depleted uranium > Environmental aspects > United States.
Depleted uranium > Health aspects > United States.
Persian Gulf syndrome > United States.
Persian Gulf War, 1991 > Health aspects > United States.
Persian Gulf War, 1991 > Veterans > Diseases > United States.
Post-traumatic stress disorder > United States.
Uranium enrichment > By-products.
Uranium.
Warfare
Uranium
Military Personnel
Environmental Exposure
Uranium appauvri > Aspect de l'environnement > États-Unis.
Syndrome de la guerre du Golfe > États-Unis.
Guerre du golfe Persique, 1991 > Anciens combattants > Maladies > États-Unis.
État de stress post-traumatique > États-Unis.
Uranium > Enrichissement > Sous-produits.
Exposition (Toxicologie)
uranium.
HISTORY > Military.
War > Health aspects
Persian Gulf syndrome
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Uranium enrichment > By-products
Veterans > Diseases
diseases > health > environment > uranium > enrichment > USA > Persian Gulf.
United States
Review
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Summary of findings in the section on depleted uranium in Gulf War and Health, vol. 1.9
  • The Department of Veterans Affairs request for this study
  • The committee's task
  • Organization of this report
  • Background. Uses of depleted uranium
  • Exposure of military personnel to depleted uranium
  • Radiologic and chemical effects of exposure to depleted uranium
  • Dose-response modeling and risk assessment
  • Toxicology. Summary of previous report
  • Toxicokinetics
  • Toxicity studies
  • Application of the toxicologic data
  • Methodology. Information-gathering strategy
  • Principal objectives of epidemiologic studies
  • Factors influencing the relevance and quality of studies
  • Epidemiologic-study designs
  • Inclusion criteria
  • Rationale for not including studies of uranium miners
  • Categories of strength of association
  • Exposure assessment. Estimation of exposure to depleted uranium during the Gulf War
  • Exposure-monitoring methods
  • Clinical end points of interest. Cancer outcomes
  • Noncancer outcomes
  • Cohort descriptions. Uranium-processing cohorts
  • Depleted-uranium studies
  • Environmental-exposure studies.

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