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The real hazards of nuclear fallout

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  1. Atmospheric and Geophysical Science Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, 94550, USA

    JOSEPH B. KNOX

  2. Department of Physics, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, California, 94132, USA

    CHARLES S. SHAPIRO

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KNOX, J., SHAPIRO, C. The real hazards of nuclear fallout. Nature 321, 21–22 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1038/321021b0

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