Acute intake of radionuclides immediately after the incident as the main contributor of the internal radiation exposure after fukushima daiichi nuclear disaster

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1169-1170

  Tsubokura, Masaharu ^a,b,c,d   Shibuya, Kenji ^d   Kato, Shigeaki ^b   Oikawa, Tomoyoshi ^c   Kanazawa, Yukio ^c  

^a The Universtiry of Tokyo   (Japan)

^b Soma Central Hospital   (Japan)

^c MINAMISOMA MUNICIPAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; RADIOISOTOPE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LETTER; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; RESIDENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHILD; FEMALE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES;

EID: 84890060341     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.2311     Document Type: Letter

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