In response to the release of radioactive materials and evacuation of residents after the Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake, the Fukushima Health Management Survey (FHMS) began in June of 2011. This survey aims to provide long-term follow-up of the physical and mental health of Fukushima residents and to maintain and improve their health for the future. Every year since 2019, Fukushima Medical University (FMU) has organized the FHMS International Symposium to share survey results with people in Fukushima Prefecture and beyond. The fifth annual symposium convened at FMU’s Ekimae Campus on Saturday, 4 March 2023, with the theme, “Thinking Together about Health, Life and our Future in Fukushima.”
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2023 Fukushima Medical University International Symposium on the Fukushima Health Management Survey, “Thinking Together about Health, Life, and our Future in Fukushima”
Michio Shimabukuro, Kenji Kamiya
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Michio Shimabukuro
Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine
Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University -
Kenji Kamiya
Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University
Department of Experimental Oncology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine (RIRBM), Hiroshima University
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