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Recent aspects of uranium toxicology in medical geology
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- Bjorklund, Geir (author)
- Council Nutr & Environm Med, Norway
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- Christophersen, Olav Albert (author)
- Norwegian Government Scholarship Holder, Norway
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- Chirumbolo, Salvatore (author)
- Univ Verona, Italy
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- Selinus, Olle (author)
- Linnéuniversitetet,Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM)
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- Aaseth, Jan (author)
- Innlandet Hosp Trust, Norway ; Hedmark Univ Appl Sci, Norway
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- Elsevier, 2017
- 2017
- English.
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In: Environmental Research. - : Elsevier. - 0013-9351 .- 1096-0953. ; 156, s. 526-533
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- Uranium (U) is a chemo-toxic, radiotoxic and even a carcinogenic element. Due to its radioactivity, the effects of U on humans health have been extensively investigated. Prolonged U exposure may cause kidney disease and cancer. The geological distribution of U radionuclides is still a great concern for human health. Uranium in groundwater, frequently used as drinking water, and general environmental pollution with U raise concerns about the potential public health problem in several areas of Asia. The particular paleo-geological hallmark of India and other Southern Asiatic regions enhances the risk of U pollution in rural and urban communities. This paper highlights different health and environmental aspects of U as well as uptake and intake. It discusses levels of U in soil and water and the related health issues. Also described are different issues of U pollution, such as U and fertilizers, occupational exposure in miners, use and hazards of U in weapons (depleted U), U and plutonium as catalysts in the reaction between DNA and H2O2, and recycling of U from groundwater to surface soils in irrigation. For use in medical geology and U research, large databases and data warehouses are currently available in Europe and the United States.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Uranium
- Environment
- Mining
- Health
- Depleted uranium
- Drinking water
- Miljövetenskap
- Environmental Science
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- art (subject category)
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