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SUBMITTER: Zychowski KE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6016706 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zychowski Katherine E KE Kodali Vamsi V Harmon Molly M Tyler Christina R CR Sanchez Bethany B Ordonez Suarez Yoselin Y Herbert Guy G Wheeler Abigail A Avasarala Sumant S Cerrato José M JM Kunda Nitesh K NK Muttil Pavan P Shuey Chris C Brearley Adrian A Ali Abdul-Mehdi AM Lin Yan Y Shoeb Mohammad M Erdely Aaron A Campen Matthew J MJ
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology 20180701 1
Exposure to windblown particulate matter (PM) arising from legacy uranium (U) mine sites in the Navajo Nation may pose a human health hazard due to their potentially high metal content, including U and vanadium (V). To assess the toxic impact of PM derived from Claim 28 (a priority U mine) compared with background PM, and consider the putative role of metal species U and V. Two representative sediment samples from Navajo Nation sites (Background PM and Claim 28 PM) were obtained, characterized i ...[more]