Chernobyl : estimating the long-term health effects.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1986Description: 7 p. : illSubject(s): Subject: Two fission products, iodine 131 and cesium 137 are the focus of this article. They are the key determinants of the scale of the longer-term consequences of the nuclear accident at Chernobyl. Because of the radioactive pollution of Europe thousands to tens of thousands of people may develop thyroid tumors or cancer over the next few decades.
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Includes bibliographical references
Reprinted from Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; Aug-Sept 1986; Vol.43 No.1, pp.18-24.
Two fission products, iodine 131 and cesium 137 are the focus of this article. They are the key determinants of the scale of the longer-term consequences of the nuclear accident at Chernobyl. Because of the radioactive pollution of Europe thousands to tens of thousands of people may develop thyroid tumors or cancer over the next few decades.
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