Review article
Biological effects of uranium
R. Rozgaj
; Institut za medicinska istraživanja i medicinu rada, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
The effects of uranium on the body, certain organs or organic systems, the cell and genetic material are reviewed. In addition to being highly toxic all uranium isotopes are radioactive and their effect on the body is twofold: chemical and actinic. On absorption uranium is transported in the body in the form of a bicarbonate or a protein complex. The main site of chemical damage is the kidney, whereas non-soluble compounds may be deposited in the lungs where, with time, they are bound to induce actinic impairments. In contact with cellular DNA uranium harms the genetic material by causing serious chromosome damage.
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158464
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Publication date:
24.6.1983.
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