Risk perception of the pre-distribution of stable iodine to guardians of children living around the Genkai Nuclear Power Plant, Saga Prefecture, Japan

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 16; no. 5; p. e0250570
• Main Authors: Matsunaga, Hitomi, Orita, Makiko, Taira, Yasuyuki, Takamura, Noboru
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 13.05.2021; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Age; Atomic bombs; Biology and Life Sciences; Breastfeeding & lactation; Cancer; Chi-square test; Children; Disease prevention; Electric power; Environmental monitoring; Fission weapons; Food contamination; Food contamination & poisoning; Global health; Health aspects; Health risks; Households; Iodine; Iodine 131; Iodine isotopes; Iodine radioisotopes; Local government; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Municipalities; Nuclear accidents; Nuclear accidents & safety; Nuclear energy; Nuclear power plants; Nuclear weapons; People and Places; Perception; Physical Sciences; Prevention; Prophylaxis; Public health; Questionnaires; Radioactive contamination; Radioactive fallout; Radioactive pollution; Regression analysis; Research and Analysis Methods; Risk factors; Risk perception; Social Sciences; Thyroid; Thyroid cancer; Japan

Iodine thyroid blocking (ITB) is effective for preventing childhood thyroid cancer when radioactive iodine is released into the environment during a nuclear power plant accident. Japan employs the pre-distribution of stable iodine (PDSI) to residents living near nuclear power plants; however, the nu...