Suspected radioactive contamination: Evaluation of 45 Israeli citizens potentially exposed to polonium-210 in London

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-103

  Brosh Nissimov, Tal ^a,b   Havkin, Ofra ^b   Davidovitch, Nadav ^b,c   Poles, Lion ^b   Shapira, Chen ^b,d  

^a CBRN Medicine Branch   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^c MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^d CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Contamination; Epidemiology; Polonium; Public health; Radiation

Indexed keywords

DIMERCAPROL; POLONIUM;

ADULT; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; AGED; ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DISASTER PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; NAUSEA; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SORE THROAT; UNITED KINGDOM; URINALYSIS; VOMITING; ETHNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; POLLUTANT; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; LONDON; POLONIUM; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 42949128069     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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