Title |
Study Protocol for the Fukushima Health Management Survey
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Published in |
Journal of Epidemiology, August 2012
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DOI | 10.2188/jea.je20120105 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Seiji Yasumura, Mitsuaki Hosoya, Shunichi Yamashita, Kenji Kamiya, Masafumi Abe, Makoto Akashi, Kazunori Kodama, Kotaro Ozasa |
Abstract |
The accidents that occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant after the Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011 have resulted in long-term, ongoing anxiety among the residents of Fukushima, Japan. Soon after the disaster, Fukushima Prefecture launched the Fukushima Health Management Survey to investigate long-term low-dose radiation exposure caused by the accident. Fukushima Medical University took the lead in planning and implementing this survey. The primary purposes of this survey are to monitor the long-term health of residents, promote their future well-being, and confirm whether long-term low-dose radiation exposure has health effects. This report describes the rationale and implementation of the Fukushima Health Management Survey. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Japan | 13 | 39% |
United States | 2 | 6% |
Paraguay | 1 | 3% |
Korea, Republic of | 1 | 3% |
Denmark | 1 | 3% |
Unknown | 15 | 45% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 32 | 97% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Spain | 2 | 1% |
India | 1 | <1% |
Turkey | 1 | <1% |
Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 147 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Master | 25 | 16% |
Researcher | 21 | 14% |
Student > Bachelor | 14 | 9% |
Other | 13 | 9% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 8% |
Other | 37 | 24% |
Unknown | 30 | 20% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 34 | 22% |
Social Sciences | 14 | 9% |
Psychology | 11 | 7% |
Environmental Science | 9 | 6% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 4% |
Other | 38 | 25% |
Unknown | 40 | 26% |