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 KoyamaPublished 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.