Epidemiological studies of Fukushima residents exposed to ionising radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant prefecture—a preliminary review of current plans

• Published in: Journal of radiological protection Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 1 - 10
• Main Author: Akiba, Suminori
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol Institute of Physics 01.03.2012
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Biological effects of radiation; Body Burden; Cancer; Child; Child, Preschool; Diseases; Environmental Exposure - statistics & numerical data; Epidemiology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Governments; Health; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Ionizing radiations; Japan - epidemiology; Middle Aged; Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced - epidemiology; Nuclear power generation; Nuclear power plants; Nuclear Power Plants - statistics & numerical data; Pilot Projects; Radiation Monitoring - statistics & numerical data; Radioactive Fallout - statistics & numerical data; Radioactive Hazard Release - statistics & numerical data; Risk; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Tissues, organs and organisms biophysics; Whole-Body Counting - statistics & numerical data; Young Adult; Asia; Japan; Endocrinopathy; Human; Prognosis; Mortality; Thyroid diseases; Review; Malignant tumor; Epidemiology; Nuclear accident; Incidence; Ionizing radiation; Radiobiology; Thyroid cancer; Nuclear power plant; Radiation effect; Dosimetry; Cancer

It is now more than six months since the beginning of the accident on 11 March 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. The Japanese government and local health authorities have started to collect the information necessary to estimate radiation doses received by those living in th...