Mortality risk amongst nursing home residents evacuated after the Fukushima nuclear accident
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Mortality Risk amongst Nursing Home Residents Evacuated after the Fukushima Nuclear Accident: A Retrospective Cohort Study
BACKGROUND Safety of evacuation is of paramount importance in disaster planning for elderly people; however, little effort has been made to investigate evacuation-related mortality risks. After the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant accident we conducted a retrospective cohort survival survey of elderly evacuees. METHODS A total of 715 residents admitted to five nursing homes in Minamisoma city,...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Public Health
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1464-360X,1101-1262
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv175.081