ReviewJournal of occupational health2015
Review of health issues of workers engaged in operations related to the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
Review in Journal of occupational health, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Bridging the preparedness gap: a systematic review of recommended stockpile items for radiological and nuclear emergencies.BMC emergency medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Suit Up: A Systematic Review of the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Recommended and Utilized by Various Classes of Responders to Nuclear Radiological Disasters at Nuclear Power Plants.Prehospital and disaster medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Risk perception of the radiation health effects of decommissioning workers at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.Journal of radiation research · 2025Article
- Workload management measures for supporting nuclear industry main control room operators and emergency response organization personnel during crises-a scoping review.Industrial health · 2025Article
- Notifications of work-related injuries and diseases: an observational study on a mining disaster.BMC health services research · 2023Observational
- A brief overview of the registration system of radiation exposure doses for decontamination workers and their occupational health management.Journal of occupational health · 2022Review
- Prevalence of non-communicable diseases among healthy male decontamination workers after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan: an observational study.Scientific reports · 2021Observational
- Concealment of trauma and occupational accidents among Fukushima nuclear disaster decontamination workers: A case report.Journal of occupational health · 2020Article
- Legionnaires' disease as an occupational risk related to decontamination work after the Fukushima nuclear disaster: A case report.Journal of occupational health · 2018Article
- A comparative assessment of major international disasters: the need for exposure assessment, systematic emergency preparedness, and lifetime health care.BMC public health · 2017Review
- Observational
- The longitudinal mental health impact of Fukushima nuclear disaster exposures and public criticism among power plant workers: the Fukushima NEWS Project study.Psychological medicine · 2016Article
- Klebsiella Pneumoniae sepsis deteriorated by uncontrolled underlying disease in a decontamination worker in Fukushima, Japan.Journal of occupational health · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe aim of this review was to summarize the lessons learned from the experience in protecting the health of workers engaged in operations following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).
methodsWe reviewed all types of scientific papers examining workers' health found in Medline and Web of Sciences as well as some official reports published by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan and other governmental institutes.
resultsThe papers and reports were classified into those investigating workers at the Fukushima Daiichi and Daini NPPs, workers engaged in decontamination operations in designated areas, and other workers. Regarding workers at the NPPs, many efforts were made to establish an emergency-care and occupational health system. Risk management efforts were undertaken for radiation exposure, heat stress, psychological stress, outbreak of infectious diseases, and fitness for work. Only a few reports dealt with decontamination workers and others; however, the health management of these workers was clearly weaker than that for workers at the NPPs.
conclusionsMany lessons can be learned from what occurred. That knowledge can be applied to ongoing decommissioning work and to future disasters. In addition, it is necessary to study the long-term health effects of radiation exposure and to accumulate data about the health of workers engaged in decontamination work and other areas.
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