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Depleted Uranium and Its Effects on Humans

Zdeněk Hon / Jan Österreicher / Leoš Navrátil

The article summarizes contemporary scientific knowledge of depleted uranium effects on human health due to its use in military conflicts. The discussion covers cases of minimal risk due to external irradiation resulting from the storage and handling of depleted uranium ammunition and, in contrast, important toxicological and radio-toxicological risks of late effects resulting from the inhalation and ingestion of dust particles produced by the burning of the core of the anti-tank ammunition.

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Depleted Uranium and Its Effects on Humans

Zdeněk Hon / Jan Österreicher / Leoš Navrátil

The article summarizes contemporary scientific knowledge of depleted uranium effects on human health due to its use in military conflicts. The discussion covers cases of minimal risk due to external irradiation resulting from the storage and handling of depleted uranium ammunition and, in contrast, important toxicological and radio-toxicological risks of late effects resulting from the inhalation and ingestion of dust particles produced by the burning of the core of the anti-tank ammunition.

Depleted Uranium and Its Effects on Humans

Zdeněk Hon / Jan Österreicher / Leoš Navrátil

The article summarizes contemporary scientific knowledge of depleted uranium effects on human health due to its use in military conflicts. The discussion covers cases of minimal risk due to external irradiation resulting from the storage and handling of depleted uranium ammunition and, in contrast, important toxicological and radio-toxicological risks of late effects resulting from the inhalation and ingestion of dust particles produced by the burning of the core of the anti-tank ammunition.

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Title:

Depleted Uranium and Its Effects on Humans

Contributors:

Zdeněk Hon (author) / Jan Österreicher (author) / Leoš Navrátil (author)

Published in:

Sustainability, Vol 7, Iss 4, Pp 4063-4077 (2015)

Publication date:

2015

ISSN:

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3390/su7044063

Type of media:

Article (Journal)

Type of material:

Electronic Resource

Language:

Unknown

Keywords:

depleted uranium , human health , radio-toxicological risks , Environmental effects of industries and plants , TD194-195 , Renewable energy sources , TJ807-830 , Environmental sciences , GE1-350

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