 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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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Uranium" by people in Profiles.
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Medgyesi DN, Mohan S, Bangia K, Spielfogel ES, Spaur M, Fisher JA, Madrigal JM, Navas-Acien A, Beane Freeman LE, Jones RR, Ward MH, Lacey JV, Sanchez TR. Community Water Trihalomethanes and Chronic Kidney Disease. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 07 01; 8(7):e2518513.
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Medgyesi DN, Mohan S, Bangia K, Spielfogel ES, Spaur M, Basu A, Fisher JA, Madrigal JM, Domingo-Relloso A, Jones RR, Ward MH, Lacey JV, Sanchez TR. Long-Term Exposure to Uranium and Arsenic in Community Drinking Water and CKD Risk Among California Women. Am J Kidney Dis. 2025 Aug; 86(2):222-235.e1.
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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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Kreuzer M, Sommer M, Deffner V, Bertke S, Demers PA, Kelly-Reif K, Laurier D, Rage E, Richardson DB, Samet JM, Schubauer-Berigan MK, Tomasek L, Wiggins C, Zablotska LB, Fenske N. Lifetime excess absolute risk for lung cancer due to exposure to radon: results of the pooled uranium miners cohort study PUMA. Radiat Environ Biophys. 2024 03; 63(1):7-16.
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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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Kelly-Reif K, Bertke SJ, Rage E, Demers PA, Fenske N, Deffner V, Kreuzer M, Samet J, Schubauer-Berigan MK, Tomasek L, Zablotska LB, Wiggins C, Laurier D, Richardson DB. Radon and lung cancer in the pooled uranium miners analysis (PUMA): highly exposed early miners and all miners. Occup Environ Med. 2023 07; 80(7):385-391.
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Richardson DB, Rage E, Demers PA, Do MT, Fenske N, Deffner V, Kreuzer M, Samet J, Bertke SJ, Kelly-Reif K, Schubauer-Berigan MK, Tomasek L, Zablotska LB, Wiggins C, Laurier D. Lung Cancer and Radon: Pooled Analysis of Uranium Miners Hired in 1960 or Later. Environ Health Perspect. 2022 05; 130(5):57010.
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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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