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Military Deployment Human Exposure Assessment: Urine Total and Isotopic Uranium Sampling Results

Lisa M. May Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Jack Heller Deployment Environmental Surveillance Program, Maryland, USA
,
Victor Kalinsky U.S. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Environmental and Toxicology Chemistry, Washington, DC, USA
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John Ejnik U.S. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Environmental and Toxicology Chemistry, Washington, DC, USA
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Steve Cordero U.S. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Environmental and Toxicology Chemistry, Washington, DC, USA
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Kristi J. Oberbroekling U.S. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Environmental and Toxicology Chemistry, Washington, DC, USA
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Thuy T. Long U.S. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Environmental and Toxicology Chemistry, Washington, DC, USA
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Kathryne C. E. Meakim U.S. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Environmental and Toxicology Chemistry, Washington, DC, USA
,
David Cruess Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Arthur P. Lee Deployment Environmental Surveillance Program, Maryland, USA
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Pages 697-714 | Accepted 01 Dec 2003, Published online: 12 Aug 2010

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