Title -- Copyright -- Committee on Toxicologic and Radiologic Effects from Exposure to Depleted Uranium During and After Combat -- Committee on Toxicology -- Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology -- Other Reports of the Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology -- Other Reports of the Committee on Toxicology -- Preface -- Contents -- Summary -- 1 Introduction and Technical Background -- NATURAL URANIUM -- DEPLETED URANIUM AND POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS THAT AFFECT ITS CHEMICAL AND RADIOLOGIC TOXICITY -- MILITARY USES OF DEPLETED URANIUM -- COMBAT EXPOSURE TO DEPLETED URANIUM -- EXPOSURE SCENARIOS -- COMMITTEE TASK AND APPROACH -- REPORT ORGANIZATION -- 2 Toxicokinetics of Depleted Uranium -- ABSORPTION -- DISTRIBUTION -- METABOLISM -- ELIMINATION -- BIOKINETIC MODELS -- SUMMARY -- 3 Toxic Effects of Uranium on the Kidneys -- BACKGROUND -- HUMAN STUDIES -- ANIMAL STUDIES -- SUMMARY -- 4 Toxic Effects of Uranium on the Lungs -- HUMAN STUDIES -- ANIMAL STUDIES -- SUMMARY -- 5 Toxic Effects of Uranium on Other Organ Systems -- CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM EFFECTS -- REPRODUCTIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL EFFECTS -- HEMATOLOGIC EFFECTS -- HEPATIC EFFECTS -- IMMUNOLOGIC EFFECTS -- MUSCULOSKELETAL EFFECTS -- CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS -- OCULAR EFFECTS -- GASTROINTESTINAL EFFECTS -- DERMAL EFFECTS -- SUMMARY -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 6 Radiologic Effects of Depleted Uranium -- BIOLOGIC EFFECTS OF IONIZING RADIATION -- RADIATION DOSE -- EXTERNAL EXPOSURE TO DEPLETED URANIUM: DIRECT RADIATION -- INTERNAL EXPOSURE TO DEPLETED URANIUM -- EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES -- RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINANTS IN DEPLETED URANIUM -- SUMMARY -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 7 Uranium Carcinogenicity and Genotoxicity -- ANIMAL CARCINOGENICITY STUDIES -- GENOTOXICITY OF URANIUM -- SUMMARY -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 8 Evaluation of the Army's Capstone Report -- EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT -- HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT.

SUMMARY -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- References -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: Biographic Information on the Committee on Toxicologic and Radiologic Effects from Exposure to Depleted Uranium During and After Combat -- Appendix B: Risk of Selected Cancers and Nonmalignant Diseases in Uranium Workers.