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Internet usage and knowledge of radiation health effects and preventive behaviours among workers in Fukushima after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident.

Hideyuki KandaKenzo TakahashiNagisa SugayaShunsaku MizushimaKikuo Koyama
Published in: Emergency medicine journal : EMJ (2013)
Internet usage was significantly and positively associated with greater health knowledge and more preventive behaviours. The internet is a useful method of distributing information to the general public in emergency situations such as a nuclear disaster.
Keyphrases
  • health information
  • healthcare
  • public health
  • social media
  • mental health
  • emergency department
  • risk assessment
  • radiation therapy