Radiation: Health consequences of the Fukushima nuclear accident

• 2016

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These questions and answers discuss the earthquake that occurred off the east coast of Japan in March 2011, generating a tsunami that caused a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Topics include the levels of radiation have people been exposed to, the main public health consequences of the disaster, and the risk of radiation-induced thyroid cancer among children of Fukushima prefecture.

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Hazard: CBRNE

Audiences: Emergency Managers; Physicians; Public Health Professionals

Emergency Management Stages: Response; Recovery

Keywords: Radiation Exposure; Iodine Radioisotopes; Radiation Monitoring; Radiation; Fukushima Nuclear Accident; Radiation Effects

Institutions: World Health Organization (WHO)

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