"Radioactive Fallout" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The material that descends to the earth or water well beyond the site of a surface or subsurface nuclear explosion. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Chemical and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D011847
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D20.693.555 N06.850.810.460
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| Concept/Terms |
Radioactive Fallout- Radioactive Fallout
- Fallout, Radioactive
- Fallouts, Radioactive
- Radioactive Fallouts
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Radioactive Fallout" by people in Profiles.
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Beyea J, von Hippel FN. History of Dose, Risk, and Compensation Assessments for US Veterans of the 1966 Plutonium Cleanup in Palomares, Spain. Health Phys. 2019 12; 117(6):625-636.
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McDonald JT, West WG, Kearfott KJ. An evaluation of the Kearny Fallout Meter (KFM), a radiation detector constructed from commonly available household materials. Health Phys. 2004 Nov; 87(5 Suppl):S52-7.
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Kahn LH, von Hippel F. Nuclear power plant emergencies and thyroid cancer risk. What New Jersey physicians need to know. N J Med. 2004 Sep; 101(9 Suppl):77-82; quiz 82-3.