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A Review of the Scientific Literature As It Pertains to Gulf War Illnesses

Volume 7: Depleted Uranium

By: Naomi Harley, Ernest Foulkes, Lee H. Hilborne, Arlene Hudson, C. Ross Anthony

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Contents

Preface HTML

Figures HTML

Tables HTML

Summary HTML

Acknowledgments HTML

Abbreviations HTML

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Chapter One:
Introduction HTML

Chapter Two:
Health Effects HTML

Chapter Three:
Concluding Remarks and Future Research HTML

Appendix A:
Principal Decay Scheme of the Uranium Series HTML

Appendix B:
Principal Decay Scheme of the Actinium Series HTML

Appendix C:
Resuspension HTML

Appendix D:
Single-Particle Lung Dosimetry HTML

Appendix E:
Exposure to Radon (²²²RN) and Its Decay Products HTML

Appendix F:
UNSCEAR Tables HTML

Appendix G:
Measured Deep Dose Rates for M60A3 and M1 Tanks HTML

Glossary HTML

References HTML

About the Authors HTML

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