The Chernobyl papers. Volume 1. Doses to the Soviet population and early health effects studies

Book · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:7016362

Merwin, S E; Balonov, M I ^[1]

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1. eds.

The papers in this Volume 1 of a series, discuss studies initiated following the nuclear reactor accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Unit 4. All authored by scientists of the former Soviet Union. Included in Volume 1 are considerations of the internal and external radiation doses received by the inhabitants of the regions recording the highest levels of radioactive contamination (the republics of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine). Also included are three papers presenting data and analysis pretaining to actual and potential health effects from the accident.

• OSTI ID: 7016362
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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