Weaponised uranium and adverse health outcomes in Iraq: a systematic review

S Surdyk, M Itani, M Al-Lobaidy, LA Kahale, A Farha… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Background The US military first deployed depleted uranium (DU) weapons in Iraq during
the Gulf War in 1990 and in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Research into the health impacts of …

Quantitative of uranium levels in blood samples of cancer patients collected from different regions in Iraq

Z Abdelkafi, MS Aswood - Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Since the armed confrontations in 1991 and 2003, as well as during the ISIS war (Islamic
State of Iraq and Syria), the extensive use of depleted uranium in battles and weapons has …

Estimated of U, Rn and Po concentrations in smokers blood samples collected from Babylon, Iraq

HK Obaed, MS Aswood - IOP Conference Series: Materials …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Because of the greats pressures on humans, there are resorted to smoking without knowing
its effects on health. Such symptoms include adult lung cancer, cardiovascular, respiratory …

[PDF][PDF] Assessment of concentrations of alpha emitters in cancer patients blood samples

TA Abdulwahid, IK Alsabari, AA Abojassim, HAA Mraity… - Sylwan, 2020 - sci.uokufa.edu.iq
This study was conducted in Al Najaf Governorate of Iraq. Blood samples were collected
from patients with cancer aiming to identify biomarkers as an evidence for the presence or …

[PDF][PDF] Effect of gender and occupations on uranium concentration in human blood and soil samples collected from Babylon, Iraq

AF Showard, MSH Aswood - Polish Journal of Medical Physics and …, 2020 - sciendo.com
Uranium concentrations of human blood and soil samples have been studied at different
ages and occupations in Babylon, Iraq. The technique of nuclear track detectors CR-39 with …

Determination of radon concentration level and its progenies in breast cancer using Cr-39 NTD

S Othman, N Salih, Z Hussein - International Journal of Cancer …, 2022 - opastpublishers.com
Background: Alpha particle is massive and causes a great lot of ionization when it gets into
contact with a body or ingested, and causes single strand and double strand DNA breaks …

Distribution of Radon Concentration in Farmland Soil Samples in Al-Shamiyah City, Al-Qadisiyah, Iraq

AY Kadhim, KH Al-Ataya… - Journal of Physics …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Radon concentration has determined in 46 samples collected from farmland soil of Al-
Shamiyah city, Al-Qadisiyah, Iraq with alpha-emitters records their out of radon in nuclear …

Study of the difference between uranium concentrations in blood samples of healthy, newly infected and women who took chemotherapy in Iraq, Najaf

SA Kadhim, AH Harjan, SF Alhous… - AIP Conference …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
A technique called (tracN drilling) has been applied to determine concentration of Radon,
Radium and Uranium in female blood samples was collected 34 blood samples were taNen …

222Rn, 218Po, and 214Po concentrations in blood samples of cancer patients at Najaf and Kufa cities of Al-Najaf Governorate

AA Abojassim, TA Abdulwahid, RH Hashim… - AIP Conference …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
This study was conducted in the Najaf Governorate/Iraq, in the year (2020), some blood
samples were used for cancer patients as a biomarNers of the presence or absence of …

Uranium concentrations indicator for cancer patients before and after Radiotherapy

KO Mohammed, MS Aswood - Radiation Effects and Defects in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
One of the most dangerous diseases facing the world is cancer, and because cancer is
closely linked to a high level of uranium in the blood, some governorates of Iraq, especially …