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2013.04.24
“Geriatrics & Gerontology International” : Read a selection of the latest Editor’s Choice articles for Free! Sachiko Yamazaki, Kyoko Nakano, et al.’s article entitled “Prediction of functional disability by depressive state among community-dwelling elderly in Japan: A prospective cohort study” (Sachiko Yamazaki1, Kyoko Nakano, Emiko Saito, Seiji Yasumura) has also been selected by the Editor.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291447-0594?dmmsmid=73101&dmmspid=12960018&dmmsuid=1941727
2013.03.28 Alain Mayindu Ngoma, Aya Goto, Sachiko Yamazaki, Munehito Machida, Takahiro Kanno, Kenneth E. Nollet, Hitoshi Ohto, Seiji Yasumura. Barriers and motivators to blood donation among university students in Japan: Development of a measurement tool. Vox Sanguinis.(In press)
2012.12.17 Ngoma Mayindu Alain, Goto Aya, Suzuki Yuriko, Tsutomi Hiroshi, Yasumura Seiji. Support-seeking behavior among Japanese mothers at high-risk of mental health problems: a community-based study at a city health center. Fukushima J Med Sci. 2012;58(2):117-26.
2012.12.07 Video clips about the disaster: http://vimeo.com/channels/usjapan/page:1
2012.11.19 Seiji Yasumura,Aya Goto,Sachiko Yamazaki,Michael R. Reich. Excess mortality among relocated institutionalized elderly after Fukushima nuclear disaster Public Health. Public Health.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033350612003800 
2012.10.09  The FUKUSHIMA Global Seminar 2012: Brief report
2012.08.30 Special Article: Study Protocol for the Fukushima Health Management Survey Seiji Yasumura, Mitsuaki Hosoya, Shunichi Yamashita, Kenji Kamiya, Masafumi Abe, Makoto Akashi, Kazunori Kodama, and Kotaro Ozasa, for the Fukushima Health Management Survey Group J Epidemiol 2012; doi:10.2188/jea.JE20120105 [Advance Publication by J-STAGE]
2012.08.16 The Epidemiological Research Training Course V-3: Brief report
2012.06.14 Reflections on the Mental Health consequences of Nuclear Power Plant Disasters and Implications for Epidemiologic Research in Northeast Japan. (Abstract)Evelyn Bromet
2012.05.24 The Second Evidence Based Medecine- Training of Trainers in the Department of Public Health, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine: Brief Report.
2012.04.10 http://www.nature.com/news/japan-s-post-fukushima-earthquake-health-woes-go-beyond-radiation-effects-1.10179
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=japans-post-fukushima-earthquake-health-woes-beyond-radiation
2012.03.14

Overview video of the Fukushima Health Management Survey

2012.03.08 Yes, students can!
Surviving Earthquakes.
2012.02.10 March 11, I remember......
2011.11.18 English Journal Club: moving forward
sample slides 2.
2011.10.18 Department of Public Health’s English Journal Club: a semester has passed.
sample slides.
2011.08.05 Newsmaker Interview: Professor Seiji Yasumura Fukushima Begins 30-Year Odyssey in Radiation HealthBy Dennis Normile
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/333/6043/684.full
2011.08.05 About the 60th meeting of the Tohoku society of Public Health
2011.08.05 Suzuki Y, Weissbecker I. Post-disaster mental health care in Japan. Lancet. 2011 Jul 23; 378(9788):317.
2011.07.06 The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Faculty Provide Health Expertise to People of Japan in Video PSAs(public service announcements) : http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2011/05/9878/ucsf-faculty-provide-health-expertise-people-japan-video-psas
2011.07.06

Response to the Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Crisis in Japan (Experts from Harvard School of Public Health): http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/forum/japan-crises.cfm

2011.06.17 Tohoku-Oki earthquake. Fukushima revives the low-dose debate. Normile D. Science. 2011 May 20;332(6032):908-10.S
2011.06.02 Professor Yasumura Seiji, head of the Department of Public Health at Fukushima Medical University,is one of the core members of a large survey team set up to investigate radiation health effects among Fukushima citizens.
2011.04.26 Radiation levels in the open air at Fukushima Medical University (Hyperlink)
2011.04.26 Review article on Radiation: Short-Term and Long-Term Health Risks of Nuclear-Power-Plant Accidents.
Christodouleas JP, Forrest RD, Ainsley CG, Tochner Z, Hahn SM, Glatstein E.
N Engl J Med. 2011 Apr 20. [Epub ahead of print]
2011.04.14 The Department of Public Health has now opened an English Homepage
2011.04.14 Updated information on radioactivity in Fukushima:
http://www.iaea.org (Recommended by the Japan Epidemiological Association)

http://www.worldvillage.org/fia/kinkyu_english.php

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/japan/index.html

http://www.nirs.go.jp/ENG/index.html (Recommended by the Japan Epidemiological Association)

http://www.who.int/hac/crises/jpn/faqs/en/index.html (Recommended by the Japan Epidemiological Association)

http://www.cochrane.org/features/evidence-aid-resources-japanese-earthquake-and-tsunami
(Recommended by the Japan Epidemiological Association)


2011.04.14 Official announcement of our Department's response to the March 11 earthquake and subsequent disasters:
http://www.cbbstoday.org/nollet_fukushima.php

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