Radiation hazards in children - Lessons from Chernobyl, Three Mile Island and Fukushima

Brain and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 220-227

  Fushiki, Shinji ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Developing brain; Health effects; Ionizing radiation; Nuclear power plant accident

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; CONNEXIN 43; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; RADIOISOTOPE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CANCER RISK; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; JAPAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MICROCEPHALY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; ORGANOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOACTIVITY; REVIEW; THYROID CANCER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84873748322     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: 18727131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2012.09.004     Document Type: Review

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