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RECORD NUMBER: 403 OF 501Main Title | Secret fallout : low-level radiation from Hiroshima to Three Mile Island / | |||||||||||
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Author | Sternglass, Ernest J., | |||||||||||
Publisher | McGraw-Hill, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1981 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 06761389 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0070612420; 9780070612426 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Radioactive pollution--Toxicology ; Low-level radiation--Toxicology | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Radioactive pollution--Toxicology ; Radiation--Toxicology | |||||||||||
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Edition | 1st McGraw-Hill paperback ed. | |||||||||||
Collation | xvii, 306 pages ; 21 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-293) and index. Edition of 1972 published under title: Low-level radiation. |
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Contents Notes | Introduction -- Thunderstorm in Troy -- The unheeded warning -- A small error in the assumptions -- A ray of hope -- The evidence beings to emerge -- The hidden tragedy of Hiroshima -- Death before birth -- The crucial test -- Both young and old -- The clouds of Trinity -- The battle for publication -- counterattack at Hanford -- The public's' right to know -- The price of secrecy -- Fallout at Shippingport -- The minds of the children -- Incident at Three Mile Island -- Too little information too late -- The present danger. This book presents evidence on the cumulative effects of low-level radiation on health. |