Koichi Hashimoto, Hironori Nakano, Akira Sakai, Michio Shimabukuro, Junichiro James Kazama, Atsushi Takahashi, Tetsuya Ohira, Shigeatsu Hashimoto, Masaharu Tsubokura, Kazuyuki Watanabe, Fumikazu Hayashi, Masanori Nagao, Kanako Okazaki, Shiho Sato, Seiji Yasumura, Hitoshi Ohto, Kenji Kamiya, Mitsuaki Hosoya
BACKGROUND: After the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011 and the subsequent accident at the Tokyo Electric Power Company-operated Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the Fukushima Prefecture government initiated the Fukushima Health Management Survey (FHMS) to assess the long-term health effects of the disaster on Fukushima residents. The blood tests of children aged ≤15 years between 2011 and 2012 did not reveal any changes regarding peripheral blood data; however, long-term monitoring is still necessary...
2023: Pediatrics International: Official Journal of the Japan Pediatric Society