Global and local cancer risks after the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant accident as seen from Chernobyl: A modeling study for radiocaesium (134Cs & 137Cs)

Environment International

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 17-27

  Evangeliou, Nikolaos ^a   Balkanski, Yves ^a   Cozic, Anne ^a   Møller, Anders Pape ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Caesium 137; Cancer; Death risks; Fukushima; LNT model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DISEASES; FISSION PRODUCTS; MAPS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT MODEL; CAESIUM-137; CANCER; EFFECTIVENESS FACTOR; FUKUSHIMA; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS;

NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CANCER; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FALLOUT; HEALTH RISK; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIONUCLIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLID TUMOR;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

CAESIUM-137; CANCER; DEATH RISKS; FUKUSHIMA; LNT-MODEL;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890817720     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.11.020     Document Type: Article

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