Chernobyl, nuclear wastes and nature

Energy and Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 807-824

  Jaworowski, Zbigniew ^a  

^a Centralne Laboratorium Ochrony Radiologicznej Warsaw   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE;

EID: 10644284719     PISSN: 0958305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0958305042886714     Document Type: Article

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