MARC Record from Library of Congress

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050 00 $aRA1231.U7$bR48 2008
060 00 $a2008 H-455
060 10 $aWN 420$bR4545 2008
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245 00 $aReview of the toxicologic and radiologic risks to military personnel from exposures to depleted uranium during and after combat /$cCommittee 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.
260 $aWashington, DC :$bNational Academies Press,$cc2008.
300 $axvi, 154 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 124-140).
505 0 $aIntroduction 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.
520 $a"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.
610 12 $aUnited States.$bArmy.
650 12 $aUranium$xradiation effects.
650 22 $aChemical Warfare.
650 22 $aMilitary Personnel.
650 22 $aRisk Assessment.
650 0 $aDepleted uranium$xHealth aspects.
650 0 $aDepleted uranium$xEnvironmental aspects.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy$xWeapons systems.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy$xSanitary affairs.
650 0 $aProjectiles.
650 0 $aTank warfare$xHealth aspects.
650 0 $aDepleted uranium$xMilitary applications.
710 2 $aNational Research Council (U.S.)$bCommittee on Toxicologic and Radiologic Effects from Exposure to Depleted Uranium During and After Combat.
710 2 $aNational Research Council (U.S.).$bBoard on Environmental Studies and Toxicology.
710 2 $aNational Academies Press (U.S.)