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Comparing Acquisition of Radiation Health Knowledge and Preventive Behavior of Working Adults During and After the Fukushima Disaster

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2013

Hideyuki Kanda*
Affiliation:
Fukushima Occupational Health Promotion Center, Fukushima, Japan Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
Kenzo Takahashi
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
Shunsaku Mizushima
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
Kikuo Koyama
Affiliation:
Fukushima Occupational Health Promotion Center, Fukushima, Japan
*
Address correspondence and reprints requests to: Hideyuki Kanda, MD, MPH, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Fukuura 3-8, Kanazawa-ward, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan (e-mail hkanda@yokohama-cu.ac.jp).

Abstract

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Brief Report
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2013 

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