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Chernobyl – What Have We Learned?

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Voitsekhovich, O.V., Kanivets, V., Onishi, Y. (2007). The Chernobyl Accident and Its Aquatic Impacts on the Surrounding Area. In: Onishi, Y., Voitsekhovich, O.V., Zheleznyak, M.J. (eds) Chernobyl – What Have We Learned?. Environmental Pollution, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5349-5_2

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