The World Health Organization and Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation joint project: Medical relief for children affected by the Chernobyl accident through the development and implementation of health telematics

International Congress Series

Volumn 1234, Issue C, 2002, Pages 135-140

  Repacholi, Michael N ^a   Takamura, Noboru ^b   Souchkevitch, Guennadi N ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Health telematics; Telemedicine; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 80455149139     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5131(01)00604-5     Document Type: Article

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