Tenth Warren K. Sinclair Keynote Address - The fukushima nuclear power plant accident and comprehensive health risk management

Health Physics

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 166-180

  Yamashita, Shunichi ^a,b  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Dose reconstruction; Exposure, radiation; Fukushima; health effects; National council on radiation protection and measurements

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PHOBIA; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID GLAND;

BREAST FEEDING; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LIFE STYLE; MENTAL HEALTH; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84892952686     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: 15385159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0000000000000007     Document Type: Article

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