An updated dose assessment for resettlement options at Bikini Atoll - A U.S. nuclear test site

Health Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 100-114

  Robison, William L ^a   Bogen, Kenneth T ^a   Conrado, Cynthia L ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

dose assessment; fallout; Marshall Islands; weapons

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FALLOUT; MARSHALL ISLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; VEGETATION; WEAPON;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0030940229     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199707000-00008     Document Type: Article

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