Internal radiation exposure after the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 669-670

  Tsubokura, Masaharu ^a   Gilmour, Stuart ^b   Takahashi, Kyohei ^c   Oikawa, Tomoyoshi ^d   Kanazawa, Yukio ^d  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Hara machi Central Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic   (Japan)

^d MINAMISOMA MUNICIPAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; CESIUM;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WHOLE BODY COUNTING; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; TSUNAMI; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHILD; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; TSUNAMIS; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865080167     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.9839     Document Type: Letter

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