Learning from the 2011 great east Japan disaster: Insights from a special radiological emergency assistance mission

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 394-404

  Becker, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JAPAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TSUNAMI; UNITED STATES;

DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JAPAN; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; TSUNAMIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82655183585     PISSN: 15387135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bsp.2011.0084     Document Type: Article

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