Title: Biological and environmental effects of nuclear war :
Authors: United States.
Date: 1959
Publisher: U. S. Govt. Print. Off,
Physical description: iii, 58 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: R
Contents: Introduction -- Summary -- The attack pattern and basic assumptions -- Basic effects of weapons employed -- Radioactive fallout patterns, physical damage and casualties in the United States -- Characteristics of radioactive fallout -- Biological effects -- Environmental contamination -- Survival measures -- Addendum: A digest of testimony on strategic considerations -- Appendix: Glossary of terms.
Notes: At head of title: 86th Cong., 1st sess. Joint committee print. "Erratum" leaf inserted.
Subject headings (LCSH): Radiation--Toxicology.; Radioactivity--Physiological effect