Improvements in local infant health after nuclear power reactor closing

Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 32-36

  Mangano, Joseph J ^a  

^a Radiation and Public Health Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Infant health; Infant mortality; Nuclear reactors; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FETUS; FETUS MORTALITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 0034127631     PISSN: 15227987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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