Concerns of disaster medical assistance team (DMAT) members about troubles at the nuclear power plant: Experience from the niigata Chuetsu-Oki earthquake, 16 july 2007, in Japan

Health Physics

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 804-809

  Akashi, Makoto ^a   Kumagaya, Ken ^b   Kondo, Hisayoshi ^c   Hirose, Yasuo ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accidents; Nuclear power plant; Power reactor; Public information; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MASS DISASTER; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION INJURY; RELIEF WORK; RESCUE WORK;

DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RELIEF WORK; RESCUE WORK;

EID: 77951986707     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3181ac924a     Document Type: Conference Paper

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