Depleted Uranium - Properties, Uses, and Health Consequences (Paperback)

A compilation of published scientific information, including human, animal, cellular, and theoretical studies, Depleted Uranium: Properties, Uses and Health Consequences provides the most current and comprehensive collection of information on depleted uranium health hazards. The editor and her international panel of contributors are clinical and basic researchers at the forefront of toxicology, carcinogenesis, and human epidemiology. They review key findings on DU biological and health effects and comprehensively describe the research progress made during the last 11 years. The book's coverage ranges from cellular malignant transformation and carcinogenesis to animal toxicity and neurotoxicity, and concludes with human medical surveillance studies, uranium measurement methodologies, risk modeling, and environmental modeling. The chapters provide information on cellular and animal studies, in vivo carcinogenesis, risk modeling, uranium measurement methodologies, medical surveillance programs, and environmental monitoring. Focusing on current, peer-reviewed data, this volume is the only available compilation book on the current understanding of the potential health hazards of depleted uranium exposure.

General

Imprint:	Crc Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2019
First published:	2007
Editors:	C. Miller Alexandra
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-45328-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > General Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > General Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Pharmacology > Medical toxicology
LSN:	0-367-45328-2
Barcode:	9780367453282

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