Risk perceptions regarding radiation exposure among Japanese schoolteachers living around the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant after the Fukushima accident

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 14; no. 3; p. e0212917
• Main Authors: Hori, Hiroko, Orita, Makiko, Taira, Yasuyuki, Kudo, Takashi, Takamura, Noboru
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 13.03.2019; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adult; Age Factors; Analysis; Anxiety; Disaster Planning - methods; Education; Electric power plants; Elementary school students; Female; Fukushima Nuclear Accident; Government employees; Health; Health aspects; Health Education - methods; High schools; Humans; Japan; Local government; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Nuclear accidents; Nuclear energy; Nuclear facilities; Nuclear Power Plants; People and Places; Perception; Physical Sciences; Radiation (Physics); Radiation exposure; Radiation Exposure - adverse effects; Regression analysis; Research and Analysis Methods; School Teachers - psychology; School Teachers - statistics & numerical data; Sex Factors; Social Sciences; Surveys and Questionnaires - statistics & numerical data; Teachers; Japan

In response to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster, the Nuclear Regulation Authority of Japan issued the new "Nuclear Emergency Response Guideline." However, there is a perception that scientific information about the health impact of radiation exposure has not been adequate...