Descriptive study of deaths from cancer associated with residential proximity to the site of underground nuclear detonations

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-113

  Richter, Bonnie S ^a   Stockwell, Heather G ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

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EID: 0008566559     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039896.1998.10545971     Document Type: Article

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