Spread of 60Co contaminated steel and its legal consequences in Taiwan

Health Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 655-660

  Hwang, Jau Yuan ^a   Chang, Joseph B H ^b   Chang, Wushou P ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Lien and Chang Law Offices   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Taipei Jan Ai Municipal Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dose, low; Gamma radiation; Litigation

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; COBALT; STEEL;

BUILDING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; EXPERT WITNESS; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LAW SUIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SCHOOL; TAIWAN; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOUSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MINING; POLLUTANT;

VILLA;

COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 20TH CENT.; HOUSING; HUMAN; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; SCHOOLS; STEEL; TAIWAN;

EID: 0034747298     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200112000-00015     Document Type: Review

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