title: [The risks of out of area missions: depleted uranium].
abstract: Depleted uranium (DU), a waste product of uranium enrichment, has several civilian and military applications. It was used as armor-piercing ammunition in international conflicts and was claimed to contribute to health problems, known as the Gulf War Syndrome and recently as the Balkan Syndrome. Leukaemia/Limphoma cases among UN soldiers in the Balkans have been related hypothetically to exposure to DU. The investigations published in the scientific literature give no support for this hypothesis. However future follow-up is necessary for evaluation of long-term risk.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento della P.S., Direzione Centrale di Sanità, Osservatorio Centrale per la Tutela della Salute e della Sicurezza nei Luoghi di Lavoro.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ciprani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moroni
mesh_terms: D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects; D005470:Fluorometry; D006801:Humans; D007953:Leukemia, Radiation-Induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008889:Military Personnel; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D018923:Persian Gulf Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D014480:United Nations; D014501:Uranium / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000652:urine; D014857:Warfare; D015022:Yugoslavia
chemical_list: D014501:Uranium