Title Review of the toxicologic and radiologic risks to military personnel from exposures to depleted uranium during and after combat / Committee on Toxicologic and Radiologic Effects from Exposure to Depleted Uranium During and After Combat, Committee on Toxicology, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.

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Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2008.

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Description	1 online resource (xvi, 154 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	Introduction and technical background -- Toxicokinetics of depleted uranium -- Toxic effects of uranium on the kidneys -- Toxic effects of uranium on the lungs -- Toxic effects of uranium on other organ systems -- Radiologic effects of depleted uranium -- Uranium carcinogenicity and genotoxicity -- Evaluation of the Army's Capstone Report -- Appendix A: Biographic Information on the Committee on Toxicologic and Radiologic Effects from Exposure to Depleted Uranium During and After Combat -- Appendix B: Risk of selected cancers and nonmalignant diseases in uranium workers.
Summary	"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."--Publisher.
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Subject	United States. Army -- Weapons systems.
	United States. Army.
	Weapons systems.
	United States. Army -- Sanitary affairs.
	Sanitation.
	United States. Army -- Weapons systems -- Sanitary affairs.
	Depleted uranium -- Health aspects.
	Depleted uranium.
	Depleted uranium -- Environmental aspects.
	Projectiles.
	Projectiles.
	Tank warfare -- Health aspects.
	Tank warfare.
	Depleted uranium -- Military applications.
	Depleted uranium -- Military applications.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	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.
Other Form:	Print version: Review of the toxicologic and radiologic risks to military personnel from exposures to depleted uranium during and after combat. Washington, DC : National Academies Press, ©2008 9780309110365 030911036X (OCoLC)198756633
ISBN	9780309110372 (electronic book)
	0309110378 (electronic book)
	9780309110365
	030911036X

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