Care of children in a natural disaster: lessons learned from the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami

Title: Care of children in a natural disaster: lessons learned from the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami

Author: Takeo Yonekura, Shigeru Ueno, Tadashi Iwanaka

Reference: Pediatric Surgery International, October 2013, Volume 29, Issue 10, pp 1047-1051

DOI: 10.1007/s00383-013-3405-6

Keywords: Earthquake, Tsunami, Nuclear accident, Natural disaster, Children

Abstract: The Great East Japan earthquake was one of the most devastating natural disasters ever to hit Japan. We present features of the disaster and the radioactive accident in Fukushima. About 19,000 are dead or remain missing mainly due to the tsunami, but children accounted for only 6.5 % of the deaths. The Japanese Society of Pediatric Surgeons set up the Committee of Aid for Disaster, and collaborated with the Japanese Society of Emergency Pediatrics to share information and provide pediatric medical care in the disaster area. Based on the lessons learned from the experiences, the role of pediatric surgeons and physicians in natural disasters is discussed.

ＵＲＬ：http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00383-013-3405-6

Evaluation and prediction of radiation-ecological state of the natural environment in the area of the Chernobyl contamination: the case of the Bryansk region.

Title: Evaluation and prediction of radiation-ecological state of the natural environment in the area of the Chernobyl contamination: the case of the Bryansk region.

Author: Starodubov, Alexey Valeryevich

Reference: Moscow, 2007

Keywords: area of long-term radioactive contamination, Bryansk region, safe living conditions, population, prediction, natural environment, plutonium, americium, cesium, strontium

Abstract: The main objective of the work is to establish a scientific and methodological framework for assessing and predicting the radiation situation in the area of long-term radioactive contamination by the fragmentation fission products and trans-uranic elements of Chernobyl genesis (for example, the south-western part of the Bryansk region) necessary to ensure safe living conditions of the population and planning household activity.

URL:http://www.dissercat.com/content/otsenka-i-prognozirovanie-radiatsionno-ekologicheskogo-sostoyaniya-prirodnoi-sredy-v-zone-ch