Review of the toxicologic and radiologic risks to military personnel from exposures to depleted uranium during and after combat [electronic resource]

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서명/저자사항	Review of the toxicologic and radiologic risks to military personnel from exposures to depleted uranium during and after combat [electronic resource] / 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.
단체저자명	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. National Academies Press (U.S.). NetLibrary, Inc.
발행사항	Washington, DC: National Academies Press, c2008.
형태사항	xvi, 154 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN	9780309110372 (electronic bk.) 0309110378 (electronic bk.)
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-140).
내용주기	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.
요약	"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.
복제주기	Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2008. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.
주제명(단체명)	United States. --Army --Weapons systems. United States. --Army --Sanitary affairs.
일반주제명	Depleted uranium --Health aspects. Depleted uranium --Environmental aspects. Projectiles. Tank warfare --Health aspects. Depleted uranium --Military applications.
분류기호(DDC)	615.925431
언어	영어
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