Laypeople's understanding of radioactivity and radiation

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 191-196

  Henriksen, E K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MASS MEDIUM; NORWAY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUCLEAR SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030462208     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031863     Document Type: Conference Paper

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