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CURRENT STATUS OF THE FUKUSHIMA HEALTH MANAGEMENT SURVEY
- Source :
- Radiation Protection Dosimetry
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2018.
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Abstract
- The Fukushima Health Management Survey (FHMS) was implemented in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. The primary purpose of this survey was to monitor the long-term health of residents, promote their future well-being and confirm whether long-term low-dose radiation exposure affects health. The FHMS results indicated very low-radiation exposure doses among residents and that no discernible increased incidence of radiation-related health effects could be expected. However, psychological distress was found to be far greater among people in Fukushima than those in other areas affected by the accident’s preceding Great East Japan Earthquake and the resultant tsunami. Additionally, prevalence of lifestyle-related health problems such as being overweight, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidaemia and liver dysfunction increased among evacuees. Thyroid examinations of asymptomatic individuals, using ultrasound techniques, also contributed to public concern and fear about the health effects of radiation. The FHMS ultimately revealed that ethical considerations are important in the design and implementation of health surveillance and epidemiological studies.
- Subjects :
- Paper
medicine.medical_specialty
Fukushima Nuclear Accident
Thyroid Gland
Overweight
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
Disasters
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Japan
Radiation Monitoring
Environmental health
Epidemiology
medicine
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
030212 general & internal medicine
Life Style
Risk Management
Radiation
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
Health management system
business.industry
Incidence (epidemiology)
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
General Medicine
Health Surveys
Mental health
Ultrasound techniques
Mental Health
medicine.symptom
Liver dysfunction
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17423406 and 01448420
- Volume :
- 182
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Radiation Protection Dosimetry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....95aec6c3c4e7ef09a9d3aa8de8eba88f