[HTML][HTML] Mortality risk amongst nursing home residents evacuated after the Fukushima nuclear accident: a retrospective cohort study

S Nomura, S Gilmour, M Tsubokura, D Yoneoka… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Safety of evacuation is of paramount importance in disaster planning for elderly
people; however, little effort has been made to investigate evacuation-related mortality risks …

Internal radiation exposure after the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster

M Tsubokura, S Gilmour, K Takahashi, T Oikawa… - Jama, 2012 - jamanetwork.com
Results. A total of 9498 residents enrolled in the study, 24% of the registered population on
August 15, 2011. The sample consisted of 1432 children (720 girls; median [range] age, 11 …

[HTML][HTML] Was the risk from nursing-home evacuation after the Fukushima accident higher than the radiation risk?

M Murakami, K Ono, M Tsubokura, S Nomura… - PLoS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
After the 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, nursing-home
residents and staff were evacuated voluntarily from damaged areas to avoid radiation …

[HTML][HTML] Hospital staff shortage after the 2011 triple disaster in Fukushima, Japan-an earthquake, tsunamis, and nuclear power plant accident: a case of the Soso …

S Ochi, M Tsubokura, S Kato, S Iwamoto, S Ogata… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Introduction In 2011, Fukushima was struck by a triple disaster: an earthquake, tsunamis,
and a nuclear accident. In the aftermath, there was much fear among hospital staff members …

[HTML][HTML] Reduction of high levels of internal radio-contamination by dietary intervention in residents of areas affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster: a …

M Tsubokura, S Kato, S Nomura, S Gilmour, M Nihei… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Maintaining low levels of chronic internal contamination among residents in radiation-
contaminated areas after a nuclear disaster is a great public health concern. However, the …

Impact of natural disaster combined with nuclear power plant accidents on local medical services: a case study of Minamisoma Municipal General Hospital after the …

Y Kodama, T Oikawa, K Hayashi, M Takano… - Disaster medicine and …, 2014 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveTo elucidate the impacts of nuclear plant accidents on neighboring medical
centers, we investigated the operations of our hospital within the first 10 days of the Great …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of the annual additional effective doses amongst Minamisoma children during the second year after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant …

M Tsubokura, S Kato, T Morita, S Nomura, M Kami… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
An assessment of the external and internal radiation exposure levels, which includes
calculation of effective doses from chronic radiation exposure and assessment of long-term …

[HTML][HTML] Humoral immunity after second dose of BNT162b2 vaccine in Japanese communities: An observational cross-sectional study, Fukushima Vaccination …

Y Kobashi, T Kawamura, Y Shimazu, T Zhao… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
To reveal waning humoral immunity after second dose BNT162b2 vaccinations in a rural
Japanese community and determine factors affecting antibody titers. We aimed to report …

[HTML][HTML] Disaster response among hospital nurses dispatched to evacuation centers after the Great East Japan Earthquake: a thematic analysis

C Yamamoto, C Yamada, K Onoda, M Takita… - BMC health services …, 2022 - Springer
Background Disaster relief operations involve a variety of components of healthcare efforts.
The post-disaster recovery is a key component of hospital preparedness. This study aimed …

Absence of internal radiation contamination by radioactive cesium among children affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster

M Tsubokura, S Kato, S Nomura, T Morita… - Health …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Chronic internal radiation contamination accounts for a substantial fraction of long-term
cumulative radiation exposure among residents in radiation-contaminated areas. However …