Chernobyl contamination through time and space

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1181, Issue , 2009, Pages 5-30

  Yablokov, Alexey V ^a   Nesterenko, Vassily B ^a  

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Indexed keywords

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; EUROPE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL POLLUTANT; TIME;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72049089019     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04821.x     Document Type: Review

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