Psychosocial considerations about children and radiological events

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-76

  Lemyre, Louise ^a   Corneil, Wayne ^a   Johnson, Colleen ^a   Boutette, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE;

CHILD; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGY; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT;

EID: 78149256310     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq197     Document Type: Article

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