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Radioactive Fall-Out in Israel Resulting from the Nuclear Tests in the Sahara Desert

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  1. Health Physics Department, Israel Atomic Energy Commission,

    Y. FEIGE, E. SHALMON & J. VARDI

  2. Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovoth

    J. R. GAT

  3. Israel Meteorological Service,

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FEIGE, Y., SHALMON, E., VARDI, J. et al. Radioactive Fall-Out in Israel Resulting from the Nuclear Tests in the Sahara Desert. Nature 189, 90–95 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189090a0

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