A compilation of published scientific information, including human, animal, cellular and theoretical studies, this book 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.

Focusing on current, peer-reviewed data, the book is the only multi-authored book on the current understanding of the potential health hazards of depleted uranium exposure.

Features:

• explores all aspects of low-level, depleted uranium exposures and examines their chemical and radiological properties
• includes the broadest collection of DU studied topics and presents toxicological data from human and animal studies
• summarizes current knowledge about the potential health effects of DU based on animal and cellular studies
• provides an overview of techniques used in the analysis of uranium and depleted uranium in biological specimens