Observational studyBMJ open2016
Non-communicable diseases in decontamination workers in areas affected by the Fukushima nuclear disaster: a retrospective observational study.
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- Population shifts during the reconstruction period in areas marked as evacuation zones after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident: a mobile spatial statistics data-based time-series clustering analysis.Journal of radiation research · 2024Article
- 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
- Ambient particle radioactivity and gestational diabetes: A cohort study of more than 1 million pregnant women in Massachusetts, USA.The Science of the total environment · 2020Article
- Concealment of trauma and occupational accidents among Fukushima nuclear disaster decontamination workers: A case report.Journal of occupational health · 2020Article
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- Premature death associated with long-term evacuation among a vulnerable population after the Fukushima nuclear disaster: A case report.Medicine · 2019Article
- Legionnaires' disease as an occupational risk related to decontamination work after the Fukushima nuclear disaster: A case report.Journal of occupational health · 2018Article
- Preventive measures and lifestyle habits against exertional heat illness in radiation decontamination workers.Journal of occupational health · 2017Article
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12 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectivesTo assess the prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and whether NCDs were treated or not, among hospitalised decontamination workers who moved to radio-contaminated areas after Japan's 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster.
methodsWe retrospectively extracted records of decontamination workers admitted to Minamisoma Municipal General Hospital between 1 June 2012 and 31 August 2015, from hospital records. We investigated the incidence of underlying NCDs such as hypertension, dyslipidaemia and diabetes among the decontamination workers, and their treatment status, in addition to the reasons for their hospital admission.
resultsA total of 113 decontamination workers were admitted to the hospital (112 male patients, median age of 54 years (age range: 18-69 years)). In terms of the demographics of underlying NCDs in this population, 57 of 72 hypertensive patients (79.2%), 37 of 45 dyslipidaemic patients (82.2%) and 18 of 27 hyperglycaemic patients (66.7%) had not been treated for their NCDs before admission to the hospital.
conclusionsA high burden of underlying NCDs was found in hospitalised decontamination workers in Fukushima. Managing underlying diseases such as hypertension, hyperlipidaemia and diabetes mellitus is essential among this population.
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