Lessons learned from chernobyl and other emergencies: Establishing international requirements and guidance

Health Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 527-537

  McKenna, Thomas ^a   Buglova, Elena ^a   Kutkov, Vladimir ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Emergencies, radiological; Emergency planning; International Atomic Energy Agency; National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

Indexed keywords

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY CARE; ENERGY RESOURCE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION PROTECTION; REVIEW; SAFETY;

CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; EMERGENCIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 37348999892     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000281176.42257.b8     Document Type: Review

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