Evacuation criteria after a nuclear accident: A personal perspective

Dose-Response

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 480-499

  Wilson, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident; Evacuation; Nuclear; Radiation; Risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MASS MEDIUM; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; X RAY;

EID: 84871343037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15593258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2203/dose-response.11-058.Wilson     Document Type: Article

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