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Measures of genotoxicity in Gulf war I veterans exposed to depleted uranium.
Environmental and molecular mutagenesis - 1 Aug 2011
McDiarmid Melissa A, Albertini Richard J, Tucker James D, Vacek Pamela M, Carter Elizabeth W, Bakhmutsky Marina V, Oliver Marc S, Engelhardt Susan M, Squibb Katherine S
Abstract excerpt
Exposure to depleted uranium (DU), an alpha-emitting heavy metal, has prompted the inclusion of markers of genotoxicity in the long-term medical surveillance of a cohort of DU-exposed Gulf War veterans followed since 1994. Using urine U (uU) concentration as the measure of U body burden, the cohort has been stratified into low-u (<0.10 μg U/g creatinine) and high-u groups (≥ 0.10 μg U/g creatinine). Surveillance...
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