Estimation of thyroid doses and health risks resulting from the intake of radioactive iodine in foods and drinking water by the citizens of Tokyo after the Fukushima nuclear accident

Chemosphere

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1355-1360

  Murakami, Michio ^a,b   Oki, Taikan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Fukushima nuclear power plant accident; I 131; Ingestion dose; Internal exposure; Radionuclides

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; DISEASES; HEALTH RISKS; IODINE; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; POTABLE WATER; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOISOTOPES;

CANCER RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS; GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKES; INGESTION DOSE; INTERNAL EXPOSURE; NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

DRINKING WATER; IODINE 131; POTASSIUM 40;

CANCER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DRINKING WATER; EXHAUST EMISSION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; HORMONE; INGESTION RATE; IODINE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POTASSIUM; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; DAIRY PRODUCT; EXHAUST GAS; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HALF LIFE TIME; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MILK; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; THYROID GLAND; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VEGETABLE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOHOKU; TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 84859484743     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.02.028     Document Type: Article

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