Assessment of a radioactive waste disposal site at Enewetak Atoll

Health Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 234-247

  Noshkin, Victor E ^b   Robison, William L ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fallout; Marshall Islands; Waste management; Weapons

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; DOSE CALCULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FALLOUT; MARSHALL ISLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CACTACEAE;

EID: 0030914569     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199707000-00020     Document Type: Article

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