title: Comprehensive whole-body counter surveys of Miharu-town school children for three consecutive years after the Fukushima NPP accident.
abstract: Comprehensive whole-body counter surveys covering over 93% of the school children between the ages of 6 and 15 in Miharu town, Fukushima Prefecture, have been conducted for three consecutive years, in 2011, 2012 and 2013. Although the results of a questionnaire indicate that approximately 60% of the children have been regularly eating local or home-grown rice, in 2012 and 2013 no child was found to exceed the (137)Cs detection limit of 300 Bq/body.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo.
authors.forename: Ryugo S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Hayano
authors.forename: Masaharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsubokura
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Satou
authors.forename: Katsumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Shin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Masaki
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakuma
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D003625:Data Collection; D005507:Food Contamination, Radioactive / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D062406:Fukushima Nuclear Accident; D006801:Humans; D055848:Nuclear Power Plants; D012574:Schools; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014915:Whole-Body Counting