Impacts of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident on emergency medical service times in Soma District, Japan: a retrospective observational study.

Tomohiro MoritaMasaharu TsubokuraTomoyuki FurutaniShuhei NomuraSae OchiClaire LeppoldKazuhiro TakaharaYuki ShimadaSho FujiokaMasahiro KamiShigeaki KatoTomoyoshi Oikawa

Published in: BMJ open (2016)

EMS transport was significantly delayed for ∼3 months, from week 1 to 11 after the 3.11 triple disaster. This delay may be attributed to malfunctioning emergency hospitals after the triple disaster.

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