Historical events associated with fallout from Bravo Shot- Operation Castle and 25 y of medical findings

Health Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 176-186

  Cronkite, E P ^a   Conard, R A ^a   Bond, V P ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fallout; Health effects; Marshall Islands; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; DOSE CALCULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FALLOUT; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MARSHALL ISLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; THYROID FUNCTION;

EID: 0030903631     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199707000-00014     Document Type: Article

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