The Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe: Baverstock and Williams respond [2]

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Beverstock, Keith ^a   Williams, Dillwyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; IODINE; ISOTOPE;

ALPHA RADIATION; BETA RADIATION; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DOSIMETRY; EXPLOSION; GAMMA RADIATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LETTER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34249038109     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.115-a239     Document Type: Letter

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