Emerging health risks and underlying toxicological mechanisms of uranium contamination: Lessons from the past two decades
Uranium contamination is a global health concern. Regarding natural or anthropogenic uranium contamination, the major sources of concern are groundwater, mining, phosphate fertilizers, nuclear facilities, and military activities. Many epidemiological and laboratory studies have demonstrated that env...
Main Authors: | Minghao Ma, Ruixia Wang, Lining Xu, Ming Xu, Sijin Liu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-12-01
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Series: | Environment International |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020320626 |
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