Fatal radiation exposure due to careless disposal of cobalt-60 from a university lab

Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 281-284

  Singh, S R ^a   Krishna, Karthik ^a   Behera, C ^a   Millo, Tabin ^a   Bhardwaj, D N ^a   Swain, R ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Cobalt 60; Death; Legal; Radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887934922     PISSN: 09710973     EISSN: 09740848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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