Mortality of veteran participants in the CROSSROADS nuclear test

Health Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 187-189

  Johnson, J Christopher ^a   Thaul, Susan ^a   Page, William F ^a   Crawford, Harriet ^a  

^a NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Health effects; Low level; Marshall Islands; Mortality; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; DOSE CALCULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; IONIZING RADIATION; MARSHALL ISLANDS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOLDIER;

EID: 0030954056     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199707000-00015     Document Type: Article

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