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Bone as a Possible Target of Chemical Toxicity of Natural Uranium in Drinking Water
Uranium accumulates in bone, affects bone metabolism in laboratory animals, and when ingested in drinking water increases urinary excretion of calcium and phosphate, important components in the bone structure. However, little is known about bone effects of ingested natural uranium in humans. We stud...
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National Institue of Environmental Health Sciences
2005
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1253712/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15626650 http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.7475 |