What Is the "Screening Effect" Six Years After the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident?

Thyroid. 2017 May;27(5):595-596. doi: 10.1089/thy.2017.0154. Epub 2017 Apr 10.

Authors

Shunichi Yamashita^{1

2}, Vladimir A Saenko³

Affiliations

¹ 1 Department of Radiation Medical Sciences, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University , Nagasaki, Japan .
² 2 Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University , Fukushima, Japan .
³ 3 Department of Radiation Molecular Epidemiology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University , Nagasaki, Japan .

PMID: 28325113
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2017.0154

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Early Detection of Cancer* / psychology
Fukushima Nuclear Accident*
Health Plan Implementation
Health Transition*
Humans
Japan / epidemiology
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / diagnostic imaging*
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / epidemiology
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / etiology
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / psychology
Prevalence
Stress, Psychological / etiology
Stress, Psychological / prevention & control
Stress, Psychological / psychology
Thyroid Gland / diagnostic imaging*
Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Thyroid Neoplasms / epidemiology
Thyroid Neoplasms / etiology
Thyroid Neoplasms / psychology
Ultrasonography