Criticism of Volume 1181 of the New York Academy of Sciences Reaches a New Low

Abstract

Rebuttal to “Debate on the Chernobyl disaster: a response to Alison Rosamund Katz,” by Sergei Jargin.

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scientific quality criticism New York Academy of Sciences nuclear establishment health consequences Chernobyl

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