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Public Health Preparedness for and Response to Nuclear Disasters: An Editorial

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  • Shuhei Nomura

    (Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK)

  • Michio Murakami

    (Department of Health Risk Communication, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan
    Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan)

Abstract

In 2011, resilience to nuclear disasters emerged as a core public health challenge. [...]

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  • Shuhei Nomura & Michio Murakami, 2018. "Public Health Preparedness for and Response to Nuclear Disasters: An Editorial," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(11), pages 1-4, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:15:y:2018:i:11:p:2489-:d:181350
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