Uncertainty and variability in updated estimates of potential dose and risk at a U.S. nuclear test site-Bikini Atoll

Health Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 115-126

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

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesium; Dose assessment; Fallout; Marshall Islands

Indexed keywords

CESIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; DOSE CALCULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FALLOUT; MARSHALL ISLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

TRIXIS;

EID: 0030994567     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199707000-00009     Document Type: Article

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