Title |
Life as an evacuee after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident is a cause of polycythemia: the Fukushima Health Management Survey
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, December 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1318 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Akira Sakai, Tetsuya Ohira, Mitsuaki Hosoya, Akira Ohtsuru, Hiroaki Satoh, Yukihiko Kawasaki, Hitoshi Suzuki, Atsushi Takahashi, Gen Kobashi, Kotaro Ozasa, Seiji Yasumura, Shunichi Yamashita, Kenji Kamiya, Masafumi Abe, for the Fukushima Health Management Survey Group |
Abstract |
The Great East Japan Earthquake and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster forced people to evacuate their hometowns. Many evacuees from the government-designated evacuation zone were forced to change their lifestyle, diet, exercise, and other personal habits. The Comprehensive Health Check (CHC), 1 of 4 detailed surveys of The Fukushima Health Management Survey (FHMS), was implemented to support the prevention of lifestyle-related disease. The aim of this study was to analyze changes in red blood cell count (RBC), hemoglobin (Hb) levels, and hematocrit (Ht) levels by comparing data from the medical health checkup before and after the disaster in individuals who were 40 years old or older. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Japan | 11 | 29% |
Thailand | 1 | 3% |
United States | 1 | 3% |
China | 1 | 3% |
Unknown | 24 | 63% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 37 | 97% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
Germany | 1 | 2% |
Unknown | 62 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Researcher | 11 | 17% |
Other | 7 | 11% |
Student > Bachelor | 6 | 9% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 9% |
Student > Master | 5 | 8% |
Other | 11 | 17% |
Unknown | 18 | 28% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 17% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 13% |
Psychology | 7 | 11% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 6% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 5% |
Other | 11 | 17% |
Unknown | 20 | 31% |