Comprehensive Health Risk Management after the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 255-262

  Yamashita, S ^a,b   Ohto, Hitoshi ^b   Abe, Masafumi ^b   Tanigawa, Koichi ^b   Kamiya, Kenji ^b   Yasumura, Seiji ^b   Hosoya, Mitsuaki ^b   Suzuki, Shinichi ^b   Ohtsuru, Akira ^b   Sakai, Akira ^b   Yabe, Hiroaki ^b   Maeda, Masaharu ^b   Fujimori, Keisei ^b   Ishikawa, Tetsuo ^b   Ohira, Tetsuya ^b   Watanabe, Tsuyoshi ^b   Satoh, Hiroaki ^b   Suzuki, Satoru ^b   Fukushima, Toshihiko ^b   Midorikawa, Sanae ^b   Shimura, Hiromi ^b   Matsuzuka, Takashi ^b   Mashiko, Hirofumi ^b   Goto, Aya ^b   Nollet, Kenneth ^b   Takahashi, Hideto ^b   Shibata, Yoshisada ^b   Miyazaki, Makoto ^b   Matsui, Shiro ^b   Tanaka, Seisho ^b   more..

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fukushima; Health management; Health risk; Mental care; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUCLEAR SAFETY; NURSE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; THYROID GLAND; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; PSYCHOLOGY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION RESPONSE;

COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RISK MANAGEMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84959161007     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: 14332981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2016.01.001     Document Type: Article

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