Lessons from Chernobyl: The world needs to improve its handling of international disasters

BMJ

Volumn 323, Issue 7314, 2001, Pages 643-644

  Williams, Dillwyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DISASTER; EDITORIAL; EXPLOSION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BELARUS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; THYROID TUMOR;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; BYELARUS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035934685     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.323.7314.643     Document Type: Editorial

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