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HERO ID

1426412

Reference Type

Technical Report

Title

Protocol for Monitoring Gulf War Veterans with Embedded Fragments of Depleted Uranium

Author(s)

Daxon, EG

Year

1993

Report Number

NTIS/02980138_2

Volume

GRA and I

Issue

GRA and I

Abstract

This protocol will implement two separate but complementary efforts. The first is the clinical follow-up of Desert Storm patients with known or suspected embedded depleted uranium (DU) fragments, DU contaminated wounds or significant amounts of inhaled DU. The second is the conduct of research into the toxicological and radiological effects of this unique exposure modality.

Keywords

Bullet wounds; *Depleted uranium; *Radiation injuries; Monitoring; Fragments; Exposure(Physiology); In vivo analysis; In vitro analysis; Toxicology; Radiology; Cancer; Medical research; Military medicine; Tissues(Biology); Operation Desert Storm