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Chernobyl – What Have We Learned?

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Los’y, I.P., Segeda, I., Shepelevich, K., Voitsekhovich, O.V., Onishi, Y. (2007). Radiation Risk Assessment and Countermeasure Justification. 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_5

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