Radiation dose rates now and in the future for residents neighboring restricted areas of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Harada, Kouji H ^a   Niisoe, Tamon ^b   Imanaka, Mie ^a   Takahashi, Tomoyuki ^c   Amako, Katsumi ^d   Fujii, Yukiko ^a   Kanameishi, Masatoshi ^a   Ohse, Kenji ^e   Nakai, Yasumichi ^e   Nishikawa, Tamami ^e   Saito, Yuuichi ^e   Sakamoto, Hiroko ^f   Ueyama, Keiko ^g   Hisaki, Kumiko ^h   Ohara, Eiji ^h   Inoue, Tokiko ⁱ   Yamamoto, Kanako ^j   Matsuoka, Yukiyo ^k   Ohata, Hitomi ^d   Toshima, Kazue ^l   Okada, Ayumi ^m   Sato, Hitomi ⁿ   Kuwamori, Toyomi ^o   Tani, Hiroko ^o   Suzuki, Reiko ^p   Kashikura, Mai ^p   Nezu, Michiko ^q   Miyachi, Yoko ^r   Arai, Fusako ^s   Kuwamori, Masanori ^t   Harada, Sumiko ^u   Ohmori, Akira ^u   Ishikawa, Hirohiko ^b   Koizumi, Akio ^a   more..

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KOBE GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e FUKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Kyoto Bunkyo Junior College   (Japan)

^g SENRI KINRAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h Osaka International College   (Japan)

ⁱ KYOTO FIRST RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^j Aiseikai Yamashina Hospital   (Japan)

^k NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^l Ekiya Rehabilitation Sakura   (Japan)

^m Best Life Promotion Ltd   (Japan)

ⁿ Syojyukai Social Welfare Service Corporation Ikoinosato   (Japan)

^o JIN AI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^p NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^q Department of Food and Nutrition Yamanashi Gakuin Junior College   (Japan)

^r Yonezawa Women's Junior College of Yamagata Prefecture   (Japan)

^s UNIVERSITY OF NIIGATA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^t Mimasaka University   (Japan)

^u Tokuyama Women's College   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Food duplicate; Forest contamination; Fukushima nuclear disaster; Strontium 90

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; RADIOISOTOPE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INHALATION; IONIZING RADIATION; JAPAN; LEUKEMIA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RESIDENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY; X IRRADIATION;

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FOOD DUPLICATE; FOREST CONTAMINATION; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR DISASTER; STRONTIUM-90;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORECASTING; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; JAPAN; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84896270929     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1315684111     Document Type: Article

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