Health Effects of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Kamiya, Kenji; Maeda, Masaharu; Ohto, Hitoshi

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Health Effects of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster provides a multidisciplinary retrospective on the health consequences on the population the first decade after the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Sections 1 and 2 of the book begins with an introduction and an overview of the developments surrounding the Fukushima accident. Section 3 discusses topics such as the physical health impact of radiation exposure as well as diseases that resulted from long-term evacuation. Section 4 examines the psychological factors and the social impact of the disaster and how their combined influence affected the physical and mental wellness of the population. The book concludes with Section 5 which covers the mitigation strategy for treatment and care of psychological health issues resulting from the disaster. The book contains expert contributions from those who have first-hand experience in the recovery efforts and are still actively researching the impact of the disaster. Health Effects of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster provides readers with a coherent, multi-dimensional narrative about the physical, psychosocial, and psychological aspects of the decade-long aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

• Provides information based on evidence obtained through scientific methods such as long-term epidemiological surveys and case studies
• Examines the indirect health impact, especially psychosocial effects, caused by technological disasters like nuclear accidents
• Includes contributions from experts in the field who participated in the recovery efforts and are currently researching the health impact of the Fukushima disaster

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 394
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780128240991
• Artikelnr.: 63940000

Inhaltsangabe

I. Introduction

II. Development of Fukushima disaster

III. Physical issues 1. Initial turmoil in emergency medical settings 2. Radiation dose after the disaster 3. Thyroid cancer and related issues 4. Radiological influence on pregnancy 5. Lifestyle related diseases caused by long-term evacuation 6. Health effects of A-bombing in 1945: lessons from epidemiological studies

IV. Psychosocial issues 7. Posttraumatic responses and related issues 8. Suicide-related issues among affected people 9. Alcohol-related issues among affected people 10. Psychological influence on affected children in Fukushima 11. Mental health issues among aged people 12. Mental health issues among people having thyroid tumor 13. Risk perception and related issues 14. Influence of different Media, producing stigma 15. Crisis and resilience of local communities 16. Psychosocial issues caused by Fukushima disaster: comparative perspective with Chernobyl accident

V. Mitigation of Psychological Health Issues 17. Mental health care for young mothers and their children 18. Telephone intervention 19. Community-based care in Kawauchi Village 20. Psychiatric treatments in clinical settings 21. Psychological care for TEPCO workers