Radiation Exposures Due to the Chernobyl Accident

Title: Radiation Exposures Due to the Chernobyl Accident

Author: Balonov, M. / Bouville, A.

Reference: Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, Jan 2011

ISBN:9780444522726

Keywords: Background radiation; Cesium-137; Chernobyl accident; Effective dose; Environmental consequences; Environmental transfer; Exposure pathways; External dose; Health consequences; Internal dose; Iodine-131; Radionuclide; Thyroid dose

Abstract: …exposure such as the Chernobyl accident, living…Pathways Related to the Chernobyl Accident…environment, such as the Chernobyl accident, is required…accident was an elevated thyroid cancer incidence in children…

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