Medical evacuation of patients to other hospitals due to the fukushima i nuclear accidents

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 391-393

  Yanagawa, Youichi ^a   Miyawaki, Hiroki ^a   Shimada, Jirou ^b   Morino, Kazuma ^c   Satoh, Ei Ichi ^d   Ohtomo, Yasuhiro ^e   Ichihara, Masayuki ^f   Kondo, Hisayoshi ^f  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital   (Japan)

^d Nagano Prefectural Federation of Agricultural Cooperative for Health and Welfare   (Japan)

^e TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Disaster Medical Center of Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

earthquake; Fukushima; medical evacuation; nuclear accidents; tsunami

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JAPAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RADIATION INJURY;

AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; JAPAN; PATIENT TRANSFER; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE;

EID: 84860588295     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X11006418     Document Type: Article

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