Chernobyl, Fukushima, and beyond: A health safety perspective

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 109-111

  Sarin, Rajiv ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; IODINE 131;

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ACUTE RADIATION SYNDROME; BREAST CANCER; CATARACT; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LEUKEMIA; LIFESPAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR SAFETY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL NETWORK; THYROID CANCER;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; DISASTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; JAPAN; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; UKRAINE;

EID: 79960818050     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 19984138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.82908     Document Type: Review

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