Mortality of veteran participants in the Crossroads nuclear test /

In 1946, approximately 40,000 U.S. military personnel participated in Operation CROSSROADS, an atmospheric nuclear test that took place at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Congress passed a law directing the Veterans Administration to determine whether there were any long-term adverse health ef...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Crossroads Nuclear Test
Other Authors: Johnson, J. Christopher
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1996.
Subjects:
1946
Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946 > Health aspects.
Radioactive fallout > Health aspects.
Nuclear warfare.
Veterans.
Radioactive Fallout > adverse effects
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced > mortality
Leukemia, Radiation-Induced > mortality
Nuclear Warfare
Veterans
Guerre nucléaire.
Anciens combattants.
nuclear wars.
veterans.
MEDICAL > Infectious Diseases.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Contagious.
Kernwaffentest
Strahlenschaden
Veteran
Marshall Islands.
Bikini
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