Comment on ‘Perinatal mortality after the Fukushima accident’
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Perinatal mortality after the Fukushima accident.
This study investigates trends in perinatal mortality rates in Fukushima Prefecture and four neighboring prefectures (Miyagi, Gunma, Tochigi, and Ibaraki) before and after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011. Beginning in 2012, perinatal mortality rates deviate upwards from the trend in preceding years; the monthly data show significant peaks in May 2012 and March 2013. It is unlikely ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Radiological Protection
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0952-4746,1361-6498
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6498/ab17fc