Fundamentals for the Assessment of Risks from Environmental Radiation
. Ed(S): Baumstark-Khan, Christa; Kozubek, Stanlislav; Horneck, Gerda
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Paperback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Brno, Czech Republic, 6-10 October 1997 Editor(s): Baumstark-Khan, Christa; Kozubek, Stanlislav; Horneck, Gerda. Series: NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 2. Num Pages: 551 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMD; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 925.
Human health as well as aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems are threatened from increa sing levels of environmental radiation of various sources, many of them of anthropoge nic causality: large areas of the former Soviet Union suffer from radioactive pollution, in particular after the Chemobyl accident; the increase in the incidence of UVB radiati on at the Earth's surface as a result of a progressive depletion of stratospheric ozone is a global problem that requires international concerted actions; in areas of former uranium mining the natural radiation level is substantially increased due to elevated radon levels; a growing portion of the ... Read more
Human health as well as aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems are threatened from increa sing levels of environmental radiation of various sources, many of them of anthropoge nic causality: large areas of the former Soviet Union suffer from radioactive pollution, in particular after the Chemobyl accident; the increase in the incidence of UVB radiati on at the Earth's surface as a result of a progressive depletion of stratospheric ozone is a global problem that requires international concerted actions; in areas of former uranium mining the natural radiation level is substantially increased due to elevated radon levels; a growing portion of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
551
Condition
New
Series
NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 2
Number of Pages
537
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792356684
SKU
V9780792356684
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