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Background
After the Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in 2011, the Fukushima Prefectural Government launched a long‐term health management survey for the population of Fukushima. Results of the Comprehensive Health Check (CHC) showed that some children aged 6–15 years, who resided in the evacuation area at the time of the disaster, had obesity,...
Background
After the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011 and the subsequent accident at the Tokyo Electric Power Company‐operated Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the Fukushima Prefecture government initiated the Fukushima Health Management Survey (FHMS) to assess the long‐term health effects of the disaster on Fukushima residents. The blood tests of children aged ≤15 years between 2011 and...