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Methods for Analyzing the Impacts of Natural Uranium on In Vitro Osteoclastogenesis
Published on: January 30, 2018
A histological kidney study of uranium and non-uranium workers
J J Russell1, R L Kathren, S E Dietert
1U.S. Transuranium and Uranium Registries, Washington State University, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
Abstract:
Kidney tissue sections were obtained at autopsy from seven persons with a history of low level occupational exposure to uranium and histologically compared in a blind study with similar sections obtained from six reference cases. The pathologist was unable to identify the uranium workers or any uranium-specific nephropathy. This suggests that the chronic low level of kidney uranium concentration experienced by these workers, which was an order of magnitude lower than the accepted permissible level of 3 microgram per gram, did not induce any identifiable permanent tissue damage.
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