The Medical Implications of Nuclear War (1986)
Chapter: 9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States
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"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
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doi: 10.17226/940.
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doi: 10.17226/940.
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doi: 10.17226/940.
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doi: 10.17226/940.
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doi: 10.17226/940.
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doi: 10.17226/940.
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doi: 10.17226/940.
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"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
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"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
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doi: 10.17226/940.
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doi: 10.17226/940.
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doi: 10.17226/940.
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doi: 10.17226/940.
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doi: 10.17226/940.
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doi: 10.17226/940.
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doi: 10.17226/940.
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doi: 10.17226/940.
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doi: 10.17226/940.
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"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
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doi: 10.17226/940.
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"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
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"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
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"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
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"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
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"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
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Suggested Citation:
"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
Suggested Citation:
"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
Suggested Citation:
"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
Suggested Citation:
"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
Suggested Citation:
"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
Suggested Citation:
"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
Suggested Citation:
"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
Suggested Citation:
"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
Suggested Citation:
"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
Suggested Citation:
"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
Suggested Citation:
"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
Suggested Citation:
"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
Suggested Citation:
"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
Suggested Citation:
"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
Suggested Citation:
"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
Suggested Citation:
"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
Suggested Citation:
"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
Suggested Citation:
"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
Suggested Citation:
"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
Suggested Citation:
"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
Suggested Citation:
"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
Suggested Citation:
"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
Suggested Citation:
"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
Suggested Citation:
"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
Suggested Citation:
"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
Suggested Citation:
"9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States." Institute of Medicine. 1986. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/940.
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