Health effects of radiation and other health problems in the aftermath of nuclear accidents, with an emphasis on Fukushima

The Lancet

Volumn 386, Issue 9992, 2015, Pages 479-488

  Hasegawa, Arifumi ^a   Tanigawa, Koichi ^a   Ohtsuru, Akira ^a   Yabe, Hirooki ^a   Maeda, Masaharu ^a   Shigemura, Jun ^b   Ohira, Tetsuya ^a   Tominaga, Takako ^c   Akashi, Makoto ^d   Hirohashi, Nobuyuki ^f   Ishikawa, Tetsuo ^a   Kamiya, Kenji ^f   Shibuya, Kenji ^e   Yamashita, Shunichi ^g   Chhem, Rethy K ^h  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c Department of Radiation Emergency Medical Assistance Team Medical Section ^*  (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h Cambodia Development Resource Institute   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; COMMUNITY; EMERGENCY; ENVIRONMENT; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING CARE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; STIGMA; WORKER; DISASTER; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION INJURIES; REFUGEE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UKRAINE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

DISASTERS; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; JAPAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; REFUGEES; RUSSIA; UKRAINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938577184     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)61106-0     Document Type: Review

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