Nuclear smuggling chains. Suppliers, intermediaries, and end-users

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 822-844

  Zaitseva, Lyudmila ^a   Hand, Kevin ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Illicit trafficking; Nuclear smuggling

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144498163     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764202239177     Document Type: Article

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