 Uranium
"Uranium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A radioactive element of the actinide series of metals. It has an atomic symbol U, atomic number 92, and atomic weight 238.03. U-235 is used as the fissionable fuel in nuclear weapons and as fuel in nuclear power reactors.
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D014501
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D01.268.271.100.950 D01.268.556.900 D01.496.749.305.100.950 D01.552.020.940 D01.552.544.900
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Uranium" by people in Profiles.
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Martinez-Morata I, Schilling K, Glabonjat RA, Domingo-Relloso A, Mayer M, McGraw KE, Galvez Fernandez M, Sanchez TR, Nigra AE, Kaufman JD, Vaidya D, Jones MR, Bancks MP, Barr RG, Shimbo D, Post WS, Valeri L, Shea S, Navas-Acien A. Association of Urinary Metals With Cardiovascular Disease Incidence and All-Cause Mortality in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Circulation. 2024 Sep 03; 150(10):758-769.
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Spaur M, Medgyesi DN, Bangia K, Madrigal JM, Hurwitz LM, Beane Freeman LE, Fisher JA, Spielfogel ES, Lacey JV, Sanchez T, Jones RR, Ward MH. Drinking water source and exposure to regulated water contaminants in the California Teachers Study cohort. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2025 May; 35(3):454-465.
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Spaur M, Glabonjat RA, Schilling K, Lombard MA, Galvez-Fernandez M, Lieberman-Cribbin W, Hayek C, Ilievski V, Balac O, Izuchukwu C, Patterson K, Basu A, Bostick BC, Chen Q, Sanchez T, Navas-Acien A, Nigra AE. Contribution of arsenic and uranium in private wells and community water systems to urinary biomarkers in US adults: The Strong Heart Study and the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2024 01; 34(1):77-89.
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Martinez-Morata I, Sobel M, Tellez-Plaza M, Navas-Acien A, Howe CG, Sanchez TR. A State-of-the-Science Review on Metal Biomarkers. Curr Environ Health Rep. 2023 09; 10(3):215-249.
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Sanchez TR, Hu X, Zhao J, Tran V, Loiacono N, Go YM, Goessler W, Cole S, Umans J, Jones DP, Navas-Acien A, Uppal K. An atlas of metallome and metabolome interactions and associations with incident diabetes in the Strong Heart Family Study. Environ Int. 2021 12; 157:106810.
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Sobel M, Sanchez TR, Zacher T, Mailloux B, Powers M, Yracheta J, Harvey D, Best LG, Bear AB, Hasan K, Thomas E, Morgan C, Aurand D, Ristau S, Olmedo P, Chen R, Rule A, O'Leary M, Navas-Acien A, George CM, Bostick B. Spatial relationship between well water arsenic and uranium in Northern Plains native lands. Environ Pollut. 2021 Oct 15; 287:117655.
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Dangelmayr MA, Reimus PW, Johnson RH, Clay JT, Stone JJ. Uncertainty and variability in laboratory derived sorption parameters of sediments from a uranium in situ recovery site. J Contam Hydrol. 2018 06; 213:28-39.
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Wilkins MJ, Wrighton KC, Nicora CD, Williams KH, McCue LA, Handley KM, Miller CS, Giloteaux L, Montgomery AP, Lovley DR, Banfield JF, Long PE, Lipton MS. Fluctuations in species-level protein expression occur during element and nutrient cycling in the subsurface. PLoS One. 2013; 8(3):e57819.
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Archer VE, Coons T, Saccomanno G, Hong DY. Latency and the lung cancer epidemic among United States uranium miners. Health Phys. 2004 Nov; 87(5):480-9.
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Neft RE, Crowell RE, Gilliland FD, Murphy MM, Lane JL, Harms H, Coons T, Heaphy E, Belinsky SA, Lechner JF. Frequency of trisomy 20 in nonmalignant bronchial epithelium from lung cancer patients and cancer-free former uranium miners and smokers. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 1998 Nov; 7(11):1051-4.
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