Consequences and countermeasures in a nuclear power accident: Chernobyl experience

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 314-320

  Kirichenko, Vladimir A ^a   Kirichenko, Alexander V ^b   Werts, Day E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UKRAINE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; UKRAINE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84866276869     PISSN: 15387135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bsp.2012.0019     Document Type: Review

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