The Lancet

The Lancet, Volume 379, Issue 9819, Pages 889 - 891, 10 March 2012

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60384-5Cite or Link Using DOI

Loss of life after evacuation: lessons learned from the Fukushima accident

Koichi Tanigawa a, Yoshio Hosoi a, Nobuyuki Hirohashi a, Yasumasa Iwasaki a, Kenji Kamiya a

This is a report of the tragic events that befell hospital inpatients and elderly people in the emergency evacuation after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident on March 11, 2011.

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