Estimated dietary intake of radionuclides and health risks for the citizens of Fukushima City, Tokyo, and Osaka after the 2011 nuclear accident

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Murakami, Michio ^a,b   Oki, Taikan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; DRINKING WATER; IODINE 131; CESIUM; IODINE; RADIOISOTOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID CANCER; VEGETABLE; CHEMISTRY; FOOD; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK; THYROID GLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; FOOD; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; INFANT; IODINE ISOTOPES; MALE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RADIOISOTOPES; RISK; THYROID GLAND; TOKYO; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911488815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112791     Document Type: Article

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