If the unlikely becomes likely: Medical response to nuclear accidents

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 10-18

  Peter Gale, Robert ^a   Baranov, Alexander ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplants; Chernobyl; Dirty bomb; Government policy; Improvised nuclear device; Medical response; Radiation accidents; Terrorist attack

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954503162     PISSN: 00963402     EISSN: 19383282     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0096340211399849     Document Type: Article

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