Başlık: The depleted uranium (DU) awareness for forensic science practices and risk analysisYazar(lar):SEYHAN, E. Cilt: 1 Sayı: 1 Sayfa: 020-028 DOI: 10.1501/nuclear_0000000004 Yayın Tarihi: 2014 PDF

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Ankara University

Ins tute of Nuclear Sciences

Owner on behalf of Ins tute of Nuclear Sciences,

Ankara University,

Director

Niyazi MERİÇ, Ph.D

Available Online—h p://jns.en.ankara.edu.tr

Editor in Chief

Haluk YÜCEL, Ph.D.

Assistant Editor‐in‐Chief

George S. POLYMERIS, Ph.D.

Editorial Board

Birol ENGİN, Ph.D. Enver BULUR, Ph.D. Erkan İBİŞ, M.D. Gaye Ö. ÇAKAL, Ph.D. Güneş TANIR, Ph.D. Hamit HANCI, M.D. Ioannis LIRITZIS, Ph.D. İsmail BOZTOSUN, Ph.D. M.Salem BADAWI, Ph.D. Mustafa KARADAĞ, Ph.D. Mustafa YILDIZ, Ph.D. Niyazi MERİÇ, Ph.D. Osman YILMAZ, Ph.D. Özlem BİRGÜL, Ph.D. Özlem KÜÇÜK, M.D. Slobodan JOVANOVIC, Ph.D. Turan OLĞAR, Ph.D.

Volume 1, No. 1 January 2014

ISSN: 2148-3981

Journal of Nuclear Sciences

Not for reproduction, distribution or commercial use.

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2.1 What is Depleted Uranium (DU)?

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