Study Protocol for the Fukushima Health Management Survey

Study Protocol for the Fukushima Health Management Survey

BACKGROUND 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. Fu...

Fukushima radiation symposium 2014: sharing the achievement from the Fukushima Health Management Survey.

The Fukushima Health Management Survey: estimation of external doses to residents in Fukushima Prefecture

The Fukushima Health Management Survey (including the Basic Survey for external dose estimation and four detailed surveys) was launched after the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. The Basic Survey consists of a questionnaire that asks Fukushima Prefecture residents about their behavior in the first four months after the accident; and responses to the questionnaire have been retur...

Fukushima Health Study Launched

How does exposure to low-level radiation affect a person’s risk of developing cancer or other health problems? Is there a threshold below which there is no effect at all? Can we really understand the effects of prolonged low-level exposure by applying what we’ve learned from one-time blasts like the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs? Following the reactor fuel meltdowns at Japan’s Fukushima D...

Drinking Behavior and Mental Illness Among Evacuees in Fukushima Following the Great East Japan Earthquake: The Fukushima Health Management Survey

BACKGROUND Recent evidence from alcohol and trauma studies suggests that disasters are associated with increases in the consumption of alcohol. The Great East Japan Earthquake and the associated nuclear disaster have continued to affect the mental health of evacuees from Fukushima. This study aimed to extend these findings by examining the relationship between drinking behaviors and the risk of...