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| Title |
Internal radiocesium contamination of adults and children in Fukushima 7 to 20 months after the Fukushima NPP accident as measured by extensive whole-body-counter surveys
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| Published in |
Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B: Physical and Biological Sciences, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.2183/pjab.89.157 |
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| Authors |
Ryugo S. HAYANO, Masaharu TSUBOKURA, Makoto MIYAZAKI, Hideo SATOU, SATO Katsumi, Shin MASAKI, Yu SAKUMA |
| Abstract |
The Fukushima Dai-ichi NPP accident contaminated the soil of densely-populated regions in Fukushima Prefecture with radioactive cesium, which poses significant risks of internal and external exposure to the residents. If we apply the knowledge of post-Chernobyl accident studies, internal exposures in excess of a few mSv/y would be expected to be frequent in Fukushima.Extensive whole-body-counter surveys (n = 32,811) carried out at the Hirata Central Hospital between October, 2011 and November, 2012, however show that the internal exposure levels of residents are much lower than estimated. In particular, the first sampling-bias-free assessment of the internal exposure of children in the town of Miharu, Fukushima, shows that the (137)Cs body burdens of all children (n = 1,383, ages 6-15, covering 95% of children enrolled in town-operated schools) were below the detection limit of 300 Bq/body in the fall of 2012. These results are not conclusive for the prefecture as a whole, but are consistent with results obtained from other municipalities in the prefecture, and with prefectural data. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 537 | 40% |
| United States | 27 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | <1% |
| Italy | 4 | <1% |
| China | 4 | <1% |
| Australia | 2 | <1% |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | <1% |
| Taiwan | 2 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 34 | 3% |
| Unknown | 733 | 54% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1324 | 98% |
| Scientists | 17 | 1% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 7 | <1% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | <1% |
| Unknown | 2 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 5 | 6% |
| Unknown | 74 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 17 | 22% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 15 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 16 | 20% |
| Unknown | 8 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 14% |
| Engineering | 11 | 14% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 8 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 9% |
| Environmental Science | 7 | 9% |
| Other | 25 | 32% |
| Unknown | 10 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 972. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 July 2019.
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