Chapter III. Consequences of the Chernobyl Catastrophe for the Environment

@article{Yablokov2009ChapterIC,  title={Chapter III. Consequences of the Chernobyl Catastrophe for the Environment},  author={Alexey V. Yablokov and Vassily B. Nesterenko and Alexey V. Nesterenko},  journal={Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences},  year={2009},  volume={1181},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:2831227}}
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