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. 2011 Sep;16(5):279-80.
doi: 10.1007/s12199-011-0228-8. Epub 2011 Jul 22.

Growing concern about heatstroke this summer in Japan after Fukushima nuclear disaster

Masahide Kondo  1 , Yasushi Honda, Masaji Ono
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Growing concern about heatstroke this summer in Japan after Fukushima nuclear disaster

Masahide Kondo et al. Environ Health Prev Med. 2011 Sep.

Abstract

Heat stroke management will be a major challenge following the Fukushima nuclear plant accident that occurred due to the Great East Japan Earthquake. In this article, a number of actions to meet this challenge are proposed.

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Ambulance transports of heatstroke cases during summer 2010 in 12 large cities in Japan. Note: The data on cases have been collected through the network of fire departments in large cities, which started in four cities in 2000. The data on air temperature were obtained from the Japan Meteorological Agency. The legend on the right is in the descending order of incidence rate in 2010
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