Limited internal radiation exposure associated with resettlements to a radiation-contaminated homeland after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Tsubokura, Masaharu ^a,b,c   Kato, Shigeaki ^b   Nihei, Masahiko ^c   Sakuma, Yu ^c   Furutani, Tomoyuki ^d   Uehara, Keisuke ^d   Sugimoto, Amina ^e   Nomura, Shuhei ^e   Hayano, Ryugo ^a   Kami, Masahiro ^a   Watanobe, Hajime ^c   Endo, Yukou ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Soma Central Hospital   (Japan)

^c Hirata Radioactivity Inspection Center Hirata Central Hospital   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f Kawauchi Village Mayor   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INTAKE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION MONITORING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891622866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081909     Document Type: Article

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