Radiation exposure to the population of Europe following the Chernobyl accident

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 515-528

  Drozdovitch, V ^a   Bouville, A ^b   Chobanova, N ^c   Filistovic, V ^d   Ilus, T ^e   Kovacic, M ^f   Malatova I ^g   Moser, M ^h   Nedveckaite, T ^d   Volkle H ^h,i   Cardis, E ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c National Center of Radiobiology and Radiation Protection Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

^d CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^e STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^f University Hospital Sveti Duh   (Croatia)

^g NATIONAL RADIATION PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^h FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; THYROID GLAND;

ADULT; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 34548768162     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl528     Document Type: Article

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