Psychological distress in workers at the Fukushima nuclear power plants.

نویسندگان

  • Jun Shigemura
  • Takeshi Tanigawa
  • Isao Saito
  • Soichiro Nomura
چکیده

Rita F. Redberg, MD Mitchell H. Katz, MD Author Affiliations: Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco (Dr Redberg; [email protected]); and Department of Health Services, County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (Dr Katz). Dr Redberg is the Editor and Dr Katz is the Deputy Editor of the Archives of Internal Medicine. Conflict of Interest Disclosures: The authors have completed and submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest none were reported.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • JAMA

دوره 308 7  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012