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- Title
Nuclear and radiation accidents: the next and further challenge for laboratory diagnostics.
- Authors
Lippi, Giuseppe; Plebani, Mario; Ruffini, Livia
- Abstract
The authors reflect on the preparedness of laboratory medicine to nuclear and radiation accidents and natural disasters. They relate the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant cooling system failure in Japan due to the 9.0-magnitude earthquake on March 11, 2011 which they considered as a new challenge in diagnostic medicine. They note that laboratories are required to be involved during radiological emergencies. Several radiation heath effects such as thyroid diseases and leukemia are also mentioned.
- Subjects
JAPAN; EDITORIALS; CLINICAL pathology; NUCLEAR plant accidents &; health; FUKUSHIMA Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (Japan); SENDAI Earthquake, Japan, 2011; RADIATION exposure; RADIATION protection
- Publication
Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Medicine, 2011, Vol 49, Issue 4, p563
- ISSN
1434-6621
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/CCLM.2011.120