Long-term health implications of the chernobyl accident and relevant projects of the world health organization

Health Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 538-541

  Yamashita, Shunichi ^a   Carr, Zhanat ^b   Repacholi, Michael ^b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accidents, nuclear; Chernobyl; Health effects; National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

Indexed keywords

BELARUS; CANCER SCREENING; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RESIDENT; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TELEMEDICINE; UKRAINE; WELLBEING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TELEMEDICINE; TISSUE BANKS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 37349078656     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000281686.14210.4f     Document Type: Review

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