Third annual Warren K. Sinclair keynote address: Retrospective analysis of impacts of the chernobyl accident

Health Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 383-409

  Balonov, Mikhail ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b Institute of Radiation Hygiene   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Dose, population; Health effects; National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

ACUTE RADIATION SICKNESS MORTALITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOSTATISTICS; CANCER MORTALITY; CATARACT; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROP; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FOREST; GENETIC DISORDER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIA; LEUKEMIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR SAFETY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOTHERAPY; RESEARCH; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; SOLID TUMOR; THYROID CANCER; UKRAINE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR WARFARE; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 37348999896     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000282109.20364.37     Document Type: Conference Paper

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