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- Author: United Nations Environment Programme
- Main Title: Radiation Effects and Sources , pp 5-6
- Publication Date: September 2016
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/803d469f-en
- Language: English
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima-Daiichi: these names have become associated with the public’s fear of radiation, either from use of nuclear weapons or accidents at nuclear power plants. In fact, people are much more exposed daily to radiation from many other sources, including the atmosphere and the Earth as well as from applications used in medicine and industry.
© United Nations
ISBN (PDF):
9789210599597
Book DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18356/b1749f17-en
Related Subject(s):
Public Health
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