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Daily uranium excretion in German peacekeeping personnel serving on the Balkans compared to ICRP model prediction.
Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 127, 329-332 (2007)
An investigation was performed to assess a possible health risk of depleted uranium (DU) for residents and German peacekeeping personnel serving on the Balkans. In order to evaluate a possible DU intake, the urinary uranium excretions of volunteers were collected and analysed using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). In total, more than 1300 urine samples from soldiers, civil servants and unexposed controls of different genders and ages were analysed to determine uranium excretion parameters. All participating volunteers, aged 3-92 y, were grouped according to their gender and age for evaluation. The results of the investigation revealed no significant difference between the unexposed controls and the peacekeeping personnel. In addition, the geometric means of the daily urinary excretion in peacekeeping personnel, ranging from 3 to 23 ng d(-1) for different age groups, fall toward the lower end of renal uranium excretion values published for unexposed populations in literature. The measured data were compared with the International Commission on Radiological Protection prediction for the intake of natural uranium by unexposed members of the public. The two data sets are in good agreement, indicating that no relevant intake of additional uranium, either natural or DU, has appeared for German peacekeeping personnel serving on the Balkans.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter
depleted uranium; urine
Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2007
HGF-Berichtsjahr
0
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0144-8420
e-ISSN
1742-3406
Zeitschrift
Radiation Protection Dosimetry
Quellenangaben
Band: 127,
Heft: 1-4,
Seiten: 329-332
Verlag
Oxford University Press
Verlagsort
Oxford
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Institute of Radiation Protection (ISS)
PSP-Element(e)
G-501100-007
Scopus ID
42149158356
Erfassungsdatum
2008-07-08