Effect of the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident on radioiodine ( 131I) content in human breast milk

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 772-779

  Unno, Nobuya ^a   Minakami, Hisanori ^b   Kubo, Takahiko ^g   Fujimori, Keiya ^c   Ishiwata, Isamu ^d   Terada, Hiroshi ^e   Saito, Shigeru ^f   Yamaguchi, Ichiro ^e   Kunugita, Naoki ^e   Nakai, Akihito ^h   Yoshimura, Yasunori ⁱ  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Ishiwata Obstet and Gynecol Hosp   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^h NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

ⁱ KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human breast milk; Iodine 131; Nuclear power plant accident; Radioiodine

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; TAP WATER;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LACTATION; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; POLLUTION; SPINACH;

ADULT; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; JAPAN; MILK, HUMAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE;

EID: 84861036811     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2011.01810.x     Document Type: Article

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