• DOI:10.1191/0748233701th111oa
Corpus ID: 25310165

A review of the effects of uranium and depleted uranium exposure on reproduction and fetal development

@article{Arfsten2001ARO,
  title={A review of the effects of uranium and depleted uranium exposure on reproduction and fetal development},
  author={D. Arfsten and K. Still and G. Ritchie},
  journal={Toxicology and Industrial Health},
  year={2001},
  volume={17},
  pages={180 - 191}
}

D. Arfsten, K. Still, G. Ritchie

Published 2001

Chemistry, Medicine

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Depleted uranium (DU) is used in armor-penetrating munitions, military vehicle armor, and aircraft, ship and missile counterweighting/ballasting, as well as in a number of other military and commercial applications. Recent combat applications of DU alloy [i.e., Persian Gulf War (PGW) and Kosovo peacekeeping objective] resulted in human acute exposure to DU dust, vapor or aerosol, as well as chronic exposure from tissue embedding of DU shrapnel fragments. DU alloy is 99.8% 238Uranium, and emits… CONTINUE READING

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