Depleted uranium
Properties, military use and health risks
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19503031 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ian Fairlie (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 41-64 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medicine Conflict & Survival (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1362-3699 • E-ISSN: 1743-9396 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13623690802568962 |
| PMID | 19413156 |
| OpenAlex | W2169691724 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 45 |
This article describes uranium and depleted uranium (DU), their similar isotopic compositions, how DU arises, its use in munitions and armour-proofing, and its pathways for human exposures. Particular attention is paid to the evidence of DU's health effects from cell and animal experiments and from epidemiology studies. It is concluded that a precautionary approach should be adopted to DU and that there should be a moratorium on its use by military forces. International efforts to this end are described
Armour · Business · Depleted uranium · Engineering ethics · Environmental health · Environmental planning · Forensic engineering · Human health · Nanotechnology · Nuclear physics · Physics · Political science · Uranium · Engineering · Environmental Science · Materials Science · Medicine · Radiation Dose and Imaging · Radioactive contamination and transfer · Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |