Depleted Uranium: Properties, Uses, and Health Consequences (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780849330476)

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.

Author: C. Miller Alexandra
ISBN-10: 0849330475
ISBN-13: 9780849330476
Publisher: CRC Press
Language: English
Published: 12/15/2006
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.46w x 0.82d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 03/01/2007 pg. 82