What it takes to become a nuclear terrorist

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 782-795

  Steinhausler, Friedrich ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dirty bomb; Nuclear; Radiological; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144507286     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764202239174     Document Type: Article

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