Congenital Heart Disease After the Fukushima Nuclear Accident: The Japan Cardiovascular Surgery Database Study

Background In March 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster inflicted radiation damage across the Tohoku region of Northern Japan. The consequent harm to pregnant mothers and newborns was a matter of concern. We performed a registry‐based analysis of the incidence of congenital hear...

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Main Authors: Yasutaka Hirata, Hideyuki Shimizu, Hiraku Kumamaru, Shinichi Takamoto, Noboru Motomura, Hiroaki Miyata, Yutaka Okita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-07-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
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Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.119.014787