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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960107703321

Titolo

A review of the dose reconstruction program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency / / Committee to Review the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2003

ISBN

9786610179862

9780309168021

0309168023

9781280179860

1280179864

9780309516969

030951696X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 399 pages) : illustrations, maps

Soggetti

Nuclear weapons - United States - Testing

Radiation - Dosage

Nuclear warfare

Radiation Dosage

Nuclear Warfare

Program Evaluation

Radiation Injuries - epidemiology

United States Government Agencies

Veterans Disability Claims

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph. "This study was supported by contract DTRA01-01-C-0012 between the National Academy of Sciences and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency"--Title page verso

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Sommario/riassunto

In response to concerns about military personnel and civilian exposure to radiation from the US atmospheric nuclear weapons testing program of 1945-62, Congress charged an independent committee to review the Dose Reconstruction Program.