Acta Med. 2009, 52: 85-89

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2016.111

How Serious Is Threat of Radiological Terrorism?

Pavel Kunaa, Zdeněk Honb, Jiří Patočkab,c

aInstitute of Applied Economical Studies, Department of Health and Social Studies, Prague, Czech Republic
bUniversity of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Faculty of Health and Social Studies, Department of Radiology and Toxicology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
cInstitute of Applied Economical Studies, Department of Technical and Environmental Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

Received July 4, 2009
Accepted September 14, 2009

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