Observations on the chernobyl disaster and LNT

Dose-Response

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-171

  Jaworowski, Zbigniew ^a  

^a Centralne Laboratorium Ochrony Radiologicznej Warsaw   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Health effects; Irradiation; LNT; Remedial measures; Social consequences

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649423019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15593258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2203/dose-response.09-029.Jaworowski     Document Type: Article

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