Health Effects of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

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.