A brief history of people and events related to atomic weapons testing in the Marshall Islands

Health Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-20

  Simon, Steven L ^a,b  

^a Nationwide Radiological Study   (Marshall Islands)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure; Fallout; Marshall Islands; Radiation; Weapons

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CHRONOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FALLOUT; HUMAN; MARSHALL ISLANDS; MONITORING; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0030903630     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199707000-00001     Document Type: Article

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