Fukushima Daiichi and Icarus: The human factor in a meltdown (Sv=1J/kg.w)

FASEB Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1777-1780

  Weissmann, Gerald ^a  

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Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; HYDROGEN; IODINE 131; RADIUM; RADON 220; RADON 222; SEA WATER; ZIRCONIUM;

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARTHQUAKE; EDITORIAL; FIBROMYALGIA; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; JAPAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MELTING POINT; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PHYSICS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TSUNAMI; X RAY;

DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FIBROMYALGIA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MYTHOLOGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RADIOLOGY; RADON; SWEDEN; TSUNAMIS;

EID: 79957912175     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.11-0601ufm     Document Type: Editorial

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