Psychological distress of residents in Kawauchi village, Fukushima Prefecture after the accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station: the Fukushima Health Management Survey

Psychological distress of residents in Kawauchi village, Fukushima Prefecture after the accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station: the Fukushima Health Management Survey

Background To shed light on the mental health of evacuees after the accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS), we evaluate the results of the Fukushima Health Management Survey (FHMS) of the residents at Kawauchi village in Fukushima, which is located less than 30 km from the FDNPS...

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Main Authors: Koji Yoshida, Tetsuko Shinkawa, Hideko Urata, Kanami Nakashima, Makiko Orita, Kiyotaka Yasui, Atsushi Kumagai, Akira Ohtsuru, Hirooki Yabe, Masaharu Maeda, Naomi Hayashida, Takashi Kudo, Shunichi Yamashita, Noboru Takamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016-08-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
Nuclear disaster
Posttraumatic stress disorder
Kessler Psychological Distress Scale
Mental health
Fukushima Health Management Survey
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/2353.pdf

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