 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 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Uranium" by people in Profiles.
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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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